Bottle of Pizzini Wines Pietra Rossa Sangiovese, King Valley, Victoria, Australia, Italian varietal red wine

Pietra Rossa Sangiovese 2021

Pizzini Wines

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red cherries | plum | black pepper

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Drew's Tasting Note

Instant aromas of red cherries and plum, but allow this wine to breathe, and you will also be greeted with generous notes of cracked black pepper and leather. The fruit is fresh on the palate with a luscious and balanced blend of gentle acidity and rich, soft tannins. Lovely to drink now, and has a few years’ ageing potential.

Producer: Pizzini Wines | Vintage: 2021 | From: King Valley, Victoria, Australia | Alcohol: 13.8 | Size: 75cl | Style: medium-bodied red, still | Grape: Sangiovese

2024 vintage, 91 points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate, January 2026

The Winery

The Pizzini family's story began in Trentino, northern Italy, where Roberto and his brothers emigrated to the King Valley in Victoria in the 1950s, initially building one of Australia's largest tobacco-growing operations. As the tobacco industry declined, Roberto's sons, Alfredo and Rinaldo, diversified the business, planting the first vines in 1978. Alfredo's passion for the Italian grape varieties of his heritage led him to plant Nebbiolo, Sangiovese and a range of white Italian varietals in the years that followed. In 1994, he and his wife, Katrina, produced the first wine under the Pizzini label. Today, all four of their children, Natalie, Joel, Carlo and Nicole, work in the business, with Joel leading winemaking across a range that now spans many of Italy's most characterful varieties.

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