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Tuscany
As one of Italy's most renowned wine regions, Tuscany is known for its fine, elegant red wines made from grape varieties such as Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Super Tuscan are some of the highlights of the region.
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Tuscany And Wine
Tuscany is considered one of the most renowned and popular wine regions in Europe. The region is especially known for its dry, rich red wines, almost all of which contain the Sangiovese grape variety (85% of the region's total red wine) - often found pure, sometimes accompanied by a little Cabernet or Merlot.The quality ranges from simple everyday wines with a good price-quality ratio to the so-called «Supertoscans» such as Cepparello or Tignanello, or even the world-famous 100-parker-point wines such as Sassicaia, Solaia, Masseto or Cerretalto.The white wines are still somewhat in the shadow of the much more widespread red wines. Internationally famous are the dry, harmonious Vernaccias from the DOCG San Gimignano (for example, from Il Colomabio di Santachiara), which is grown north of Siena. Various Vermentino-based wines are also becoming increasingly popular. Trebbiano (Ugni Blanc) is the most widely grown white wine grape in the region.
Wine regions of Tuscany that you should know
The highest quality wines of the region are protected under the designations of origin DOCG and DOC: Tuscany has a total of 11 DOCGs and 41 DOCs (the only other Italian region with an equal number is Piedmont).Among the DOCGs are
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Carmignano DOCG
Chianti DOCG
Chianti Classico DOCG
Morellino di Scansano DOCG
Vino Nobile de Montepulciano DOCG
Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG
DOCs include, but are not limited to
Bolgheri DOC
Colli di Luni DOC
Maremma Toscana DOC
Orcia DOC
Pomino DOC
Rosso di Montalcino DOC