Top 100 wines of Tuscany - Page 3

Discover the top 100 best wines of Tuscany as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Tuscany and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Tuscany

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.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Tuscany

wines from the region of Tuscany go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of autumn leaves, duck with olives or cantonese rice.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Tuscany

On the nose in the region of Tuscany often reveals types of flavors of iron, cream or cherry and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, oaky or citrus. In the mouth in the region of Tuscany is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.