Italy's Top 50

James Suckling ranks the country's most exciting wines
James Suckling
Posted: February 21, 2001

      Above: Pio Cesare       Italy's 50 Most Exciting Wines At a Glance       Italy Top 50 Profiles: 1-10       Italy Top 50 Profiles: 11-20       Italy Top 50 Profiles: 21-30       Italy Top 50 Profiles: 31-40       Italy Top 50 Profiles: 41-50       Tuscany's Best Ever: The 1997 Vintage       Italian Classics: Piedmont's Classic '96 and '97 Vintages       #31 ISOLE E OLENA Toscana Collezione de Marchi Cabernet Sauvignon Paolo de Marchi is both owner and winemaker of the Chianti Classico estate of Isole e Olena, a dual role that is a relative rarity in Tuscany nowadays, as the part of the consulting enologist becomes increasingly more important in the quest for quality.

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