Winemaker Notes
Impossible to find a better Super Tuscan at this price. Intense red fruits with layers of spice, red flowers, and slight balsamic notes. Round and complex but elegant tannins.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Crunchy and fragrant wine, almost vinous, with blackberries and black cherries, flowers, Mediterranean spices and cedar. Medium-bodied, crunchy palate with velvety tannins and a more biting yet fresh finish. A blend of 40% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot, 20% cabernet franc and 10% petit verdot.
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Wine Spectator
Reserved aromas give way to flavors of blackberry and plum, plus a hint of bell pepper, in this dense, tightly wound red. Feels balanced and extends with fruit and oak spice notes, so give this a year to unravel a bit more. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2023 Argentiera Poggio ai Ginepri Toscana shows a medium ruby color and opens with inviting aromas of ripe black fruits and subtle spice. On the palate, it delivers generous layers of dark berries accented by a touch of oak, lending depth and polish to its expressive profile. This wine’s richness and balance make it an excellent companion to a Tuscan grilled steak (Bistecca alla Fiorentina), where its dark fruit core and gentle oak notes harmonize beautifully with the char and savor of the meat. (Tasted: November 10, 2025, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Enthusiast
Dark brambly fruit dominates the nose with touches of black minerality. The pal- ate reveals jammy black and red fruit that is framed with bitter edges. The tannins are full and chalky with some more of that bitter jam on the back end.
Tenuta Argentiera stands in a magnificent patch of land in the Maremma that blends countryside and sea, suspended between woods and Mediterranean scrub. The Argentiera estate covers 80 hectares of breathtakingly beautiful Tuscan coast, approximately 100 km southwest of Florence. Argentiera is incredibly close to the sea and at a high altitude, making the land especially well-suited to growing incredible red grapes. The estate is considered among the most beautiful in Italy, with its spectacular view of the islands of the Tuscan archipelago. Their soils range from calcerous and stony to sandy to mineral and pebbly, lending complexity to the Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Syrah. The vineyards are surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation and the countryside is flush with maritime pines and olive tree groves.
Argentiera has five main vineyard sites, ranging in elevation from 80-220 meters above sea level: Argentiera, Ginestre, Ventaglio, Porcarecce, and Ceccosodo. Every plot is harvested and vinified separately, exclusively in stainless steel, to preserve the character and fruity complexity lent by terroir variations. The wineries and cellars themselves are made of recycled or traditional materials such as terracotta and baked roofing tiles.
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
An outstanding wine region made famous by Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, who planted Cabernet Sauvignon vines for his own consumption in 1940s on his San Guido estate, and called the resulting wine, Sassicaia. Today the region’s Tuscan reds are based on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, which can be made as single varietal wines or blends. The local Sangiovese can make up no more than 50% of the blends. Today Sassicaia has its own DOC designation within the Bogheri DOC appellation.