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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2019 (based on 41 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.1 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Scottmichaels on 12/19/2020 & rated 87 points: Pop and pour. Drank over one hour. Cherry and blackberry were most prominent. We found it to be well balanced and over the hour of consumption it did open up slightly and improve. Can hold for another 5 years, but no problem drinking now. (408 views) | | | Tasted by saintly on 1/12/2019 & rated 91 points: Drank this with friends and all really enjoyed it. It's slightly lighter style yet still with some substance. It had some light berry tones and was comfortably in the drinking zone. (960 views) | | | Tasted by RussK on 7/23/2017 & rated 88 points: Russk. I ended up pouring it out. (1854 views) | | | Tasted by biggie on 3/7/2017 & rated 89 points: Well made! Drinking very well right now - savoury nose and palate finishing with big fruit. International in style but not overly so. There still lurks an Italian heart inside all this body (1958 views) | | | Tasted by apmarques on 9/17/2016 & rated 81 points: Nice and light (2094 views) | | | Tasted by vinhonotte on 11/19/2011 & rated 84 points: Sharp acidic nose, while dry and structured on palate. Quite good for a young wine. (1582 views) |
| Piccini Producer websiteSuperTuscan BlendSuperTuscan Blend refers to wines which feature a significant Sangiovese component combined with grapes not traditionally associated with Italy like Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon. This separates it from "Sangiovese blend" which is used for wines which are predominantly Sangiovese and combined with traditional Italian varieties. There is often confusion as many wines most famous associated with the term "Super Tuscan" like Sassicaia, Masseto and Ornellaia have no Sangiovese and are properly linked to 'Red Bordeaux Blend.'
In fact, Super Tuscan was a term coined to refer specifically to wines such as Sassicaia and Tignanello. These were wines that "fell out" of the official DOCG classification of Italian wines because they either contained grapes not permitted (international varietals such as cabernet sauvignon or merlot,) were aged differently (I.e. in barrique) or were 100% sangiovese - which was not permitted at the time for Chianti (E.g. Fontodi Flaccianello.) Forced to be classified as simply "Vina di Tavola" these wines nontheless quickly found favour in international markets and comanded prices above the highest quality DOCG Chianti Classico & Brunello di Montalcino wines at the time. The wine industry and press began to refer to these wines as SuperTuscans because of their popularity and quality, but also because of the prices they commanded. Subsequently, the Italian authorities, under the Goria Law 1992, redrew the classifications, and included the category IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) to classify the SuperTuscans.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytToscana IGTHere is the Wikipedia entry for Toscana wine. |
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