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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2025 (based on 57 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.4 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Barry Raterink on 11/28/2023 & rated 85 points: Inexpensive 5L bought at Costco. Took a long time to open up but was very restrained through 3 days of drinking. (366 views) | | | Tasted by Rex66 on 3/8/2022 & rated 88 points: Billed as a Cab Sauv/Sangiovese blend, picked up for $12 per at the corner liquor store for a “house” red. Super approachable, easy drinker. Cab is a little more dominant overall, darker fruit, a bit of dark chocolate but the Sangiovese pops with some bright cherry, acid is in balance and tannins are soft, yet still grippy at the finish. Not bad qpr. (741 views) | | | Tasted by Dominic Roy on 12/30/2021 & rated 82 points: Nose: Candy fruit. Strawberry. Raspberry. Medium intensity.
Palate: Candy fruit. Strawberry. Medium plus tannins. Medium plus acidity. Medium body.
Finish: Medium minus finish.
Very fruity and candy. (771 views) |
| Castello Banfi Producer website
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)
SuperTuscan 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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