Old World Classics: Italy

If you regularly order pizza in, whip up a quick pasta, slave over a lavish lasagne or go all out with an Italian feast, these wines are here to make your Italian cuisine experience a magnificent one. Start with a spicy, elegant Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, then head to Tuscany for a lavish Chianti from the renowned Paoli Masi, and the “charming” (James Suckling) 92pt Murracio 2020, from magical La Parrina on Tuscany’s coast. Head to Puglia in the heel of Italy’s ‘boot’ for two luscious black reds – one a Primitivo, the other a decadently complex Negroamaro Primitivo – both from top estates. Last, you’ve the lovely Di Prima Syrah from Sicily, a “sunkissed red to swoon over” (Sam Wylie-Harris), with 91 points from Luca Maroni. Saluti!