
Sangiovese Wine
Learn about Sangiovese — taste profile, popular regions and more ...
The perfect intersection of bright red fruit and savory earthiness, Sangiovese is among Italy's elite red grape varieties and is responsible for the best red wines of Tuscany. While it is best known as the chief component of Chianti, it is also the main grape in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and reaches the height of its power and intensity in the complex, long-lived Brunello di Montalcino wines.
Elsewhere throughout Italy, Sangiovese wine plays an important role in many easy-drinking, value-driven red blends and on the French island of Corsica, under the name, Nielluccio, it produces excellent bright and refreshing red and rosé wines with a personality of their own. Sangiovese has also enjoyed success growing in California and Washington.
Sangiovese Tasting Notes
Sangiovese wine is a dry, red wine with a medium body and qualities of tart cherry, plum, sun dried tomato, fresh tobacco and herbs. High-quality, well-aged examples can take on tertiary notes of smoke, leather, game, potpourri and dried fruit. Corsican Nielluccio is distinguished by a subtle perfume of dried flowers.
Sangiovese Food Pairings
Sangiovese wine is the ultimate pizza and pasta red—its high acidity, moderate alcohol, and fine-grained tannins create a perfect symbiosis with tomato-based dishes, braised vegetables, roasted and cured meat, hard cheese and anything off the barbecue.
Sommelier Secrets for Sangiovese
Although it is the star variety of Tuscany, cult-classic “Super-Tuscan” wines may actually contain no Sangiovese at all! Since the 1970s, local winemakers have been producing big, bold wines as a blend of one or more of several international varieties—usually Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot or Syrah—with or without Sangiovese.
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Cerbaia Brunello di Montalcino 2015Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2017Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Altesino Brunello di Montalcino 2017Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Fattoria dei Barbi Brunello di Montalcino 2016Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2015Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Bibi Graetz Testamatta 20th Anniversary Label 2019Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
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Col d'Orcia Brunello di Montalcino 2017Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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La Lecciaia Brunello di Montalcino 2015Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Uccelliera Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2016Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Donatella Cinelli Colombini Brunello di Montalcino Prime Donne 2015Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Tua Rita Perlato del Bosco 2018Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
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Frescobaldi CastelGiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2016Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Poggio Alle Mura 2016Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Il Palazzone Brunello di Montalcino 2016Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Il Marroneto Brunello di Montalcino 2017Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Frescobaldi Tenuta Perano Chianti Classico 2017Sangiovese from Chianti Classico, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
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Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino 2017Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Castello di Ama Chianti Classico San Lorenzo Gran Selezione 2018Sangiovese from Chianti Classico, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
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Sesti Rosso di Montalcino 2018Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Le Potazzine Rosso di Montalcino 2020Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Dei Bossona Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva 2015Sangiovese from Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy
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Leonetti Sangiovese 2018Sangiovese from Walla Walla Valley, Columbia Valley, Washington
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Carpineto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2016Sangiovese from Chianti Classico, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
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Tenuta di Arceno Strada al Sasso Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2017Sangiovese from Chianti Classico, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
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Valdicava Montosoli Brunello di Montalcino (1.5 Liter Magnum) 2016Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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