Sangiovese is the most widely planted grape in Italy and most famous as the main component of the Chianti blend in Tuscany. Young Sangiovese has fresh fruity flavours of strawberry and a little spiciness, but it readily takes on oaky, even tarry, flavours when aged in barrels.

Synonyms

Sangiovese used to be known as Morellino.

Healthy Wines to Buy Today

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano – Italy (Tuscany)
Wine Health Rating
Visit:Avignonesi
Chianti Classico – Italy (Tuscany)
The 1999 is fruity and oaky on the nose. It is firm on the palate, with lots of texture and plenty of spicy tannins.
Wine Health Rating
Visit:Isole e Olena	Buy from VivinumBuy from Vivinum
Chianti – Italy (Tuscany)
Cherries and fresh red fruit mingle with spicy, peppery notes. The wine is lively and fresh in the mouth, with soft, rounded tannins.
Wine Health Rating	Also Contains Merlot
Visit:Cantine Leonardo	Buy from The Secret CellarBuy from The Secret Cellar
Chianti Classico Riserva – Italy (Tuscany)
This wine is made from the highest quality Sangiovese grapes and aged for months in wooden barrels, taking up to 5 years to mellow. The 2001 gives graphite and minerals, cherries, wood and spice on the nose. On the palate there is dense fruit and fine tannins.
Wine Health Rating
Visit:Il Colombaio di Cencio	Buy from TescoBuy from Tesco
Le Pupille – Italy (Tuscany)
Fruity on the nose, with blackberries, plums and red fruits. Medium bodied on the palate, with balanced acidity, rounded cherry fruit, a layer of oak. Easy to drink.
Wine Health Rating
Visit:Elisabetta Geppetti	Buy from VivinumBuy from Vivinum
Lohsa – Italy (Tuscany)
Soft cherry fruit, with spice and structure. An everyday wine.
Wine Health Rating	Also Contains Ciliegolo
	Buy from Wines of TuscanyBuy from Wines of Tuscany