What is the best Super Tuscan?

Below you’ll find 10 wines famed for their Super Tuscan wine provenance.

• Tenuta San Guido “Sassicaia”
• Tua Rita “Redigaffi”
• Antinori “Solaia”
• Le Macchiole “Messorio”
• Tenuta dell’Ornellaia “Ornellaia”
• Antinori “Tignanello”
• Fontodi “Flaccianello della Pieve”
• Castello di Ama “L’Apparita”

Who coined the term Super Tuscan?

Burt Anderson
Wine writer Burt Anderson may have been the first to call these wines “Super Tuscans,” and the name caught on as the wines continued to grow in popularity in the 1980s.

Is Bolgheri Super Tuscan?

Located in Tuscany and just miles off of Italy’s west coast, many of the best Super Tuscans come from Bolgheri. It is one of the country’s oldest wine regions, but was not recognized for its terroir—or “flavor of the earth”—until producers here began creating Super Tuscans.

Is Chianti Classico a Super Tuscan?

In fact, it’s one of the wines that inspired the whole super Tuscan movement. The term was used for any wine that didn’t meet DOC standards—in Chianti Classico, that meant those that didn’t blend in white grapes, or that used 100 percent Sangiovese, or that followed different winemaking or aging standards.

How did Super Tuscan wine get its name?

The creation of super Tuscan wines resulted from the frustration winemakers had towards a slow bureaucracy in changing Italy’s wine law during the 1970s. Winemakers began mixing ‘unsanctioned’ wine varieties (like Merlot) into their blends to make high-quality wines.

What’s the difference between Chianti and Super Tuscan wine?

Super Tuscans and Chiantis are both types of red wine made in Tuscany. The difference between a Super Tuscan wine and Chianti is DOC status, a legal designation given to wines that adhere to strict guidelines.

Where does Tuscan wine come from in Italy?

Tuscan wine. Tuscan wine (Italian Toscana) is Italian wine from the Tuscany region. Located in central Italy along the Tyrrhenian coast, Tuscany is home to some of the world’s most notable wine regions.

Which is the best red wine in Tuscany?

You may have seen the term ‘Super Tuscan’ before, and that’s because it’s used to describe some of Tuscany’s top red wines, such as Tignanello, Sassicaia and Ornellaia. They are high quality red and white wines, normally with a price to match, made from non-indigenous varieties or using blends not allowed under Tuscan appellation law.