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To consider modern day Tuscan wine, one should give props to the Etruscans, who inhabited this central Italian region starting in the 6th century BC. Tuscany is a land of abundant sunshine, rolling green hills, spring water, a spectacular breezy coast and rich soils. If you’re going to set up a civilization, this is a pretty terrific place to do it. Especially if you have a bunch of gods that need worshipping with the heavy consumption of wine.

But around the 4th century BC, the Etruscans left this beautiful landscape, for all intents and purposes absorbed into the Roman culture. Their civilization, the villages and agriculture they set up, was left to the elements and the vineyards dried up. Through the centuries, people returned to the region. But it spent a lot of time under dispute by various factions such as the Pisans, Sienese and Florentines. It was a dangerous place to live, what with all the hidden marauders and mosquito-ridden swamps, though many of the grapes Read more »

Say what you will about Mussolini, but it was under his fascist government in the 1920s that Tuscany was rebuilt and became a prime vacation spot. Wine production was slowly returning to there once again. By this time, Brunello and Chianti from the region’s signature grape, Sangiovese, were produced. But only a few wineries were developing wines of the high standards we now associate with Tuscany. Most of the Chianti, while popular, was rustic table wine, the kind in the “fiasco” bottles with the straw basket on the bottom.

In the early 1940s, Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta moved to Bolgheri on the coast. In the interest of making wines for private consumption, he imported Cabernet Sauvignon vines from Bordeaux’s Chateau Lafitte and established a little vineyard called Tenuta San Guido. While very rustic at first, he began to develop his wines into what evolved into Sassicaia, what some say is the duperest of the so-called Super Tuscans.

Today, many wines of Tuscany are considered Italy’s finest, with an impressive number of DOCGs, wines that are given the highest level of quality designation. Besides the Sangiovese giants of Chianti, Brunello, Morellino di Scansano and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (Montepulciano, incidentally, is NOT the grape but the place in this case), and the rise of the Super Tuscans, there are a vast amount of wines worth exploring from this region, and dozens of subregions. For example, Vernaccia di San Gimignano is a versatile, dry white vinified in styles from young, crisp and light to aged and full-bodied. The Vin Santos made from dried Trebbiano grapes and Passitos produced from Elba’s Aleatico grape are some of the world’s finest dessert wines. One can plan a whole meal with Tuscan wines from whites to rosés to reds and even finish it off with some fine Tuscan grappa. Buon appetito! ~Amanda Schuster

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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Merlot

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Syrah

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Chardonnay

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Sangiovese

Prounounced “San-joh-vay-say,” this Italian wine varietal is Tuscany’s #1 red wine grape. It’s the pistol of Central ...

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Cacciatore Vineyard

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Tenuta Monteti

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Frescobaldi, Marchesi de

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Col di Lamo

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March 2012

Castello di Fonterutoli Siepi Toscana IGT 1998

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Pretty oaky on the nose, rubbery, leathery, though with lovely notes of coriander, plum and herb. Turns bretty fairly quickly though with underlying notes of incense, spicy wood, leather and coffee. Theres also a slight musty note which might be a touch of TCA but the poopy bretty covers it well. Soft, rich fruit on entry lends this a slightly ... Read More

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March 2012

San Giusto a Rentennano Trebbiano-Malvasia Blend Vin Santo del Chianti 1997

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Very mineral water and toasty oak-driven nose with a hint of prune, though with air this gains some freshness, showing curry and white floral complexity. Dense in the mouth and bright, but the red fruit flavors of are showing some oxidative edges. The tannins here are big and dry, chunky, clumsy and a bit hot even. Theres decent length with som... Read More

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San Giusto a Rentennano Trebbiano-Malvasia Blend Vin Santo del Chianti 1995

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Opening with blood, fruit and flowers on the slightly reticent nose, this turns more strawberry scented with herb and a touch of toast before tightening up over the course of the night, showing more leather and black cherry. Tight on entry, plenty of acid here and still a relatively heavy dose of wood tannin, but there is fine, fruit as well. Ru... Read More

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March 2012

Fonterutoli Siepi 1995

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Lots of vegetal notes, lively and bright, a bit of oak spice. Nice balance and intensity, with an assertive overlay of green vegetal and herb notes of lovely faded cherry fruit. Elegant, open and smooth, nicely resolved and in a very nice place, the Merlot really helps out here, adding softness and roundness to an obviously lean and austere stru... Read More

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March 2012

Dievole Dievolino Rosso di Sangiovese Toscana IGT 2008

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Bright and fruity but also somewhat metallic. I kept tasting canned fruit. Read More

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March 2012

Tenuta Sette Ponti SuperTuscan Blend Toscana IGT Crognolo 2007

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Ottimo, colore rubino intenso, robusto e corposo, con lieve noti dolciastre sul finale! Read More

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March 2012

San Giusto a Rentennano Trebbiano-Malvasia Blend Vin Santo del Chianti 1998

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Lots of oak notes in the aroma, with some blackberry notes underneath, molasses, herbs. Sharp and hot banana body. Dry and acerbic finish. Nice composure. Read More

Wine review by Chris Carpita
March 2012

San Giusto a Rentennano Trebbiano-Malvasia Blend Vin Santo del Chianti 1999

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Fruitier than the 97. Acidy fruit on the palate with more tannin on the back end. A littler spicier than the 97 as well. Still fresh. Read More

Wine review by kate statton
March 2012

San Giusto a Rentennano Trebbiano-Malvasia Blend Vin Santo del Chianti 1997

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Leathery with a lot of wood on the nose. Some strawberry and raspberry here as well. A bit funky, but drinks nicely. Still very gentle with just a little heat. Read More

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March 2012

Federico Primo IGT Toscano 2006

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