Sangiovese Wines

Often cited as being introduced by the romans, the sangiovese grape is an Italian  variety possibly most famous as being the main grape in the composition of Chianti. It's also found in Montepulciano and Morellino wines. If you see Tuscany or Big Tuscan on a label the chances are that this grape will feature strongly in the mix.

When young Sangiovese wines have fresh strawberry notes with a pleasant spiceness on top. Older, barrel aged wines take on more oak flavours. These days it is sometimes blended with less traditionally Italian grapes like cab sav to produce the "Super Tuscans"  that you will see on many supermarket shelves.

We feature over 20 examples on our Sangiovese pages but when you click on a product you will be taken to the retailer's pages where you may find even more to choose from. At times the retailers we deal with will put together variety based packages and special discount promotions. You'll find these on our blog pages so do check on those any time you are on our site.

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Cortabella Toscana Sangiovese Shiraz 75cl
£4.00  
Cortabella Toscana Sangiovese Shiraz 75clAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.Cortabella Toscana Sangiovese Shiraz 75cl | Drinks > Red Wine > Italy
Mayu Sangiovese 75cl
£4.98  
Mayu Sangiovese 75clAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.Mayu Sangiovese 75cl | Drinks > Red Wine > South America
Bacaro Sangiovese 2010
£5.59  
Bacaro Sangiovese 2010Sangiovese is the key component of many of Italy's greatest wines. Apart from being the dominant grape in Chianti, it is grown widely across the country and if grown outside of Tuscany can produce some great value, lighter reds like this effort f...
Moramari Sangiovese 75cl
£5.98  
Moramari Sangiovese 75clAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.Moramari Sangiovese 75cl | Drinks > Red Wine > Italy
Mandrielle Sangiovese 2010, Banfi
£5.99  
Mandrielle Sangiovese 2010, BanfiTuscany's signature red grape, at home in the in the warm Tuscan climate, and here with the expertise of Banfi's winemaking, Sangiovese really shows its varietal character. Well-defined notes of liquorice and cedar on the nose are followed b...
Sangiovese, Di Majo Norante, Campomarino, Molise, 2010
£6.78  
Sangiovese, Di Majo Norante, Campomarino, Molise, 2010Dark garnet red in the glass, with a voluptuous nose suggesting sun-ripened cherries and woodland berries poached with liquorice, leather and aromatic violet flowers. In the mouth it is bold and beautiful, showing a lively complexity of fruit with fi...
2006 Sangiovese, Ceravolo
£7.66  
2006 Sangiovese, CeravoloChianti will forever seem tame by comparison to this: soft, savoury, silky and bursting with cherry and raspberry fruit. Joe Ceravolo transplanted vines from Italy (his family moved from 35 degrees North to 35 South) to the fertile Adelaide Plains, h...
2006 Buena Organic Malbec/sangiovese, Vinas Alto Salvador, San Martin, Mendoza
£7.75  
2006 Buena Organic Malbec/sangiovese, Vinas Alto Salvador, San Martin, MendozaFrom a growing band of organic producers, this is made by Vinas Alto salvador in the San Martin region of Mendoza
2006 Sangiovese, Highwood
£7.92  
2006 Sangiovese, HighwoodSourced from South Australia's historic Langhorne Creek. . The sort of forthright style Rob Dundon of Beresford has made his stock-in-trade. Snapped up by Hardy's after graduating from wine college, he rose up the ranks over a decade. Having ...
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There are some fascinating theories about the origins of "the blood of Jove" - the literal translation of the latin "sanguis jovis" from which the name derives. As mentioned above the romans feature in many theories due to their influence on the world in general and the world of wine in particular. They did love their wines and transplanted grape varieties liberally as they conquered.

Sangiovese grapes are very adaptable although they do produce the best sangioves wine when grown in "limey" soils. They are slow to ripen and although they do need a good degree of warmth to ripen perfectly - too much heat can be detrimental to flavour.

Too cool on the other hand and thin acidic wines can result. Winemakers have striven to add body and deeper colour to sangiovese too and fermentation is often finished in oak barrels for this reason. If you are looking for foods to match with sangiovese try it with stews, chicken, pasta dishes or strong cheeses. It's a medium to high in terms of both tannins and acidity so is quite food friendly especially with hearty dishes. 

Like Pinot Noir this can be a tricky one but similarly when it's right it really does make for great tasting, satisfying wine. My personal favourite in fact - buy sangiovese !