Top 100 pink wines of Tuscany
Discover the top 100 best pink wines of Tuscany as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the pink wines that are popular of Tuscany and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Kingdom of Sangiovese: upright reds with cherry, plum, dried herbs and leather, lively acidity and firm tannins. Fleshy, food-friendly Chianti Classico DOCG, deep long-ageing Brunello di Montalcino (spice, tobacco, ripe black fruit), elegant Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. On the coast, Bolgheri crafts the opulent Cabernet- and Merlot-based 'Super Tuscans'. Some fresh white Vernaccia.
70,000 ha around Florence and Siena, cradle of Italy's great reds.
Aromatic, sweet reds with a light ruby robe, fine tannins and a luscious palate. Intense, refined aromas of rose, wild strawberry, raspberry, candied cherry, delicate muscat and soft spices. Often vinified as passito, sweet or fortified by drying; rarely as dry reds. Star of Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG and Aleatico di Gradoli DOC in Lazio, also present in Puglia. Native Italian variety, related to Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains.
pink wines from the region of Tuscany go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, lamb stew from my mum or osso bucco milanese.
On the nose in the region of Tuscany often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or peach and sometimes also flavors of butter, red fruit or strawberries.