
Tuscan Wine Italy
Learn about Tuscan wine, common tasting notes, where the region is and more ...
One of the most iconic Italian regions for wine, scenery and history, Tuscany is the world’s most important outpost for the Sangiovese grape. Ranging in style from fruity and simple to complex and age-worthy, Sangiovese makes up a significant percentage of plantings here, with the white Trebbiano Toscano coming in second.
Within Tuscany, many esteemed wines have their own respective sub-zones, including Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The climate is Mediterranean and the topography consists mostly of picturesque rolling hills, scattered with vineyards.
Sangiovese at its simplest produces straightforward pizza-friendly wines with bright and juicy red fruit, but at its best it shows remarkable complexity and ageability. Top-quality Sangiovese-based wines can be expressive of a range of characteristics such as sour cherry, balsamic, dried herbs, leather, fresh earth, dried flowers, anise and tobacco. Brunello expresses well the particularities of vintage variations and is thus popular among collectors. Chianti is associated with tangy and food-friendly dry wines at various price points. A more recent phenomenon as of the 1970s is the “Super Tuscan”—a wine made from international grape varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah, with or without Sangiovese. These are common in Tuscany’s coastal regions like Bolgheri, Val di Cornia, Carmignano and the island of Elba.
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Tenuta Guado al Tasso 2008Bordeaux Red Blends from Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy
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Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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La Poderina Brunello di Montalcino Poggio Abate Riserva 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Col d'Orcia Poggio al Vento Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Gaja Rennina Brunello di Montalcino (1.5L Magnum) 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Tenute Silvio Nardi Brunello di Montalcino 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Antinori Tignanello (375ML half-bottle) 2008Tuscan Blends from Tuscany, Italy
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Antinori Tignanello 2008Tuscan Blends from Tuscany, Italy
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Le Macchiole 2008Other Red Blends from Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy
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Tenuta San Guido Guidalberto 2008Bordeaux Red Blends from Tuscany, Italy
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Conti Costanti Brunello di Montalcino (3 Liter Bottle) 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Petrolo Galatrona 2008Merlot from Tuscany, Italy
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Castello di Ama L'Apparita 2008Merlot from Tuscany, Italy
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Tua Rita Per Sempre Syrah 2008Syrah/Shiraz from Tuscany, Italy
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Gaja Rennina Brunello di Montalcino 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Fattoi Ofelio & Figli Brunello di Montalcino 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove (3 Liter Bottle) 2008Bordeaux Red Blends from Tuscany, Italy
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Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove 2008Bordeaux Red Blends from Tuscany, Italy
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Tenuta Luce Brunello di Montalcino 2008Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
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Antinori Solaia 2008Tuscan Blends from Tuscany, Italy
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