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Italian assortment 2020 – part 3, the north

Andrea Picchioni in his vineyards in Lombardy

Walter presents the last of his more-random-than-usual collections of tasting notes. The image above is of Andrea Picchioni in his vineyards in Lombardy, source of the Buttafuoco dell'Oltrepò Pavese wines enthusiastically reviewed below. See also part 1, the south and islands and part 2, the centre.

Jancis writes Do read Walter's incisive regional introductions.

These 90 tasting notes are grouped by region and then by denomination, and you can jump to each region using the links below.

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