Il Papavero Rosso Dozen

Let us take you to Italy for a while. It’s easier and far less expensive than you might think. Simply pop open a bottle of Il Papavero Rosso and pour yourself a glass. Enjoy a dozen bottles for just $14.99 a bottle. Save a huge $156.

For decades now, silky, Italian charmer, Il Papavero Rosso has been our most reordered red. Nicknamed ‘the poppy red’ (Il Papavero Rosso means the Red Poppy in Italian), it instantly became very popular indeed. An Italian red of incomparable versatility. It’s a wine for all seasons. A great party red with or without food – partnering the universe of pasta and pizza dishes effortlessly. As one UK wine critic, Richard Neill, once succinctly put it in a newspaper review: “If all table wines tasted this good, no one would leave the table!”

From the beginning, the vision of Papavero maestro Scipione Giuliani, a 5th-generation winemaker, was that every vintage he would select the ripest, most flavoursome grapes from the top-performing Italian regions and blend them to ensure Il Papavero brims with fresh red berry and cherry fruit – is silky – easy to drink, but very food friendly – 'Italy in a bottle!' So, inside the bottle you'll find Sangiovese from the Marches region, Montepulciano from Abruzzi, plus Negroamaro and Nero d’Avola from the south in Puglia – a perfect combination assembled by an Italian master blender. Giving it 92pts, Sally Duncan, Head of Hawke’s Bay Wine growers Association loved it “Cherry and strawberry juicy delight. Easy, no fuss…”And today you can enjoy 92pt Il Papavero Rosso for just $14.99 a bottle.