Valentine’s Day is upon us and there’s no escaping it. And if there is any holiday worthy of wine picks, it’s this day. Just like romance, wine can be light and sweet, bold and unique or refreshing and new. With so many wine brands in the market we have picked our top 10 (love) wines for you for this special day.

1. Love Malbec 

This wine has an intense red colour and has notes of blueberries and a touch of vanilla. It’s a fresh wine with a delicate balance between fruit and oak and has a long persistent finish. It’s the perfect complement to spicy red meat, hard cheeses and smoked game.

2. Love Chardonnay 

This wine has a yellow colour with golden and greenish hues. Its 3 months aging in French and American oak barrels gives it a honey and cinnamon aroma. It’s fresh and oily in the mouth, with flavors of tropical fruits and pineapple with a balanced sharpness and harmony between the fruit and the oak. It goes perfect with soft cheeses, chicken and fish with herbs.

3. Vino dell'Amore Moscato Petalo 

Il Vino dell’Amore Petalo Moscato is a white sparkling wine characterized by a clear sweetness, pronounced and elegant bouquet, low alcohol content and a typical scent of roses that evokes the image of petals on the label.

4. Sartori Prosecco Brut Ti Amo

This wine is straw yellow in colour with light-green hues. Delicate fruit bouquet, reminiscent of wild apples and acacia flowers; dry, with subtle fruit and nut flavours. It’s excellent as an aperitif, elegant companion to all sorts of appetizers and first courses.

5. Sartori Brut Rosé Ti Amo

This wine has an intense cherry pink color with a slight perlage. Fine nose with intense bouquet of red flowers and fresh red berried fruits. It’s a fresh wine with good olfactory persistence. It’s perfect as an aperitif. It also goes well with light first courses or grilled fish.

6. Sperone Chill White Gift Pack w/glass

Sperone Chill White has a lovely aroma of white flowers with tropical and citrus fruits. It is balanced and lively with classical notes that give way to a final “crisp and clean” flavour. Exclusively crafted to be served on ice, Sperone Chill White is a refreshing drink perfect on its own or as the central ingredient in a variety of sparkling cocktails.

7. Sperone Chill Rose Gift Pack w/glass

This wine is light pink in color with a sophisticated perlyazhem. It has a fresh taste and is harmonious, filled with citrus notes. There is a pleasant sweetness that is felt in the aftertaste. This wine ha an elegant aroma that contains notes of white flowers and tropical fruits. It’s best served as an aperitif, as well as a base for fruit and berry cocktails.

8. Sperone Chill Prosecco Gift Pack w/glass

Its grapes are a handcrafted selection of only the finest Glera Grapes from the best producers in the Prosecco area. This wine is specially fermented by using a special very slow, controlled fermentation using the best yeasts available to achieve the very pleasant round slight fruit taste and the fine primary bouquet available only in this prosecco.

9. La Marca Prosecco

This sparkling wine is a pale, golden straw in color. Bubbles are full textured and persistent. On the nose, the wine brings fresh citrus with hints of honey and white flowers. The flavor is fresh and clean, with ripe citrus, lemon, green apple, and touches of grapefruit, minerality, and some toast. The finish is light, refreshing, and crisp.

10. Bottega Gold Prosecco

Bottega Gold is a classic Prosecco made from the Glera grape in Valdobbiadene. It is bright, straw yellow, fine and has a persistent perlage. The wine has a typical and refined bouquet with fruity (green apples, pear, citrus fruits) and floral (white flowers, acacia, wisteria and lily of the valley) notes, sage and spices in the finish. It has a soft taste, harmonious and elegant, with a slim body and with lively yet balanced acidity. Excellent as an aperitif and in cocktails, it goes particularly well with starters, light first courses (seafood and non- aromatic herb pasta and risotto), steamed or raw fish dishes, grilled white meats, stewed or fresh vegetable dishes.

All these wines are available in the store of Licores Maduro and/or at your favorite supermarket.