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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by southpaw25 on 12/29/2018 & rated 91 points: Fantastic light bodied Tuscan blend. (980 views) | | | Tasted by PeterjW on 11/24/2018 & rated 90 points: slightly shy blackberry nose with nicely balanced tannins and cherry on the palate (919 views) | | | Tasted by PeterjW on 7/28/2018 & rated 91 points: smooth tannins with juicy blackberry fruit (1141 views) | | | Tasted by cawineaux on 9/4/2017 & rated 91 points: Decanted 2 hours. Nose was a little funky to start, but then settled into a very good Tuscan. Less fruit than herbs and spice, I think, but a fantastic effort at this price point. (1399 views) | | | Tasted by vesuvius on 8/21/2017 & rated 90 points: Too early. Elegant structure, firm fruit, closed to the nose. Anhour breathing revealed its finesse. (1317 views) |
| Tenuta Il Palagio 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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