Tuscany

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

Top wines from Tuscany that you should know

White wines from Tuscany under CHF 20

• Terre di Tufi Vernaccia di San Gimignano – Teruzzi & Puthod

• Albia Bianco – Barone Ricasoli

• Vermentino Vistruviano – Cantine Leonardo da Vinci

• Vermentino Bianco Toscana – La Spinetta

• Pomino Bianco – Frescobaldi

White wines from Tuscany under CHF 50

• Solosole Vermentino Bolgheri – Poggio al TesoroIl

• Marzocco Cortone – Avignonesi

Red wines from Tuscany under CHF 25

• Chianti Classico – Castello di Volpaia

• Morellino di Scansano – Fattoria le Pupille

• B.S.T. Sangiovese Cabernet Sauvignon Toscana – Folonari

Red wines from Tuscany under CHF 50

• La Volpe e l’Uva – Barone Ricasoli

• Insoglio – Tenuta di Biserno

• Chianti Classico Riserva – Brancaia

• Guidalberto – Tenuta San GuideoIl

• Pino di Biserno – Tenuta die Biserno

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• Ilatraia – Brancaia

• Magari Ca Marcanda – Angelo Gaja

• G. Punto – Duemani

• Luce – Luce della Vite

• Biserno – Tenuta di Biserno

• Ornellaia

• Solaia – Antinori

• Redigaffi – Tua Rita

• Sassicaia – Tenuta San Guido