Do you love Super Tuscan wines as I do? Wines like Sassicaia and Tignanello set off a revolution in Italy, these wines got dubbed “Super Tuscans”. Come join me in a blind tasting of Italian red wines…
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Fattoria le Pupille, Poggio Valente 2018
Avignonesi, Grifi 2019
Badia a Coltibuono, Montebello 2016
Boscarelli dei Boscarelli 2018
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Isole e Olena, Cepparello 2019
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00:00 Super Tuscans
03:20 Wine glass for Super Tuscans
03:42 Blind Tasting RED WINE
08:19 Super Tuscan Reveal
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29 Comments
I gotta say I love your content but even more so I love your energy, your charisma, your enthusiasm. I wish you the best sir in wine and life. May good things come your way. Have a good day.
Wow, great tasting. Amazing wines you had there. I am waiting for my shipment with some Super Tuscans for an upcoming video. When it comes to grape varieties in Super Tuscans, I don’t have preference, but I tend to like those showing less jammy black fruit. Cheers! 🥂😎
Talking about Tignanello, I have tasted different vintages and it have not yet amazed me. And it includes 10’ a couple of times which I still have in the cellar. So when to drink so that it lives up to the hype?
To me the super tuscan term is being used a bit too frequently for Bolgheri wines that for the red ones most of times should fit in Bolgheri rosso DOC. That is not the case for the classico wines with lower or no sangiovese, hence super tuscan makes some sense here or?
I find Brancaia il blu, il Borro and Tolaini picconero from Chianti very nice. From Bolgheri I have to mention Argentiera Villa Donoratico especially for the price
i really dont like chianti, idk why.. its ok-ish with a meal but then i prefer all other wines from italy
i know some hungarian people, they dont like tannin.
they call it poison
Carobbio is an amazing winery !! Im so happy you like the Leone ! Like you said its so elegant and complexe !
Hey Matthew, what about Rovini glasses, do you lime them?
Full points for enthusiasm.
Thanks, the last several years I’ve been getting out of my west coast USA, comfort zone, your channel helps a lot.
You kept rubbing your nose throughout the video, allergies, reaction to sulfides?
Hi Matt, I am really enjoying your channel. I agree about the super Tuscan’s and I also love my Gabriel universal glass. You need to get yourself the crystal version, super light and refined, they are amazing.
Great tasting! I particularly enjoyed the honest approach to it. 2 points I wanted to make:
1. Carmignano is not a "supertuscan" like the others, and at the same time it's the first supertuscan ever to have been created. The blends with Cab Sauv were actually introduced and even required from the Medici family ever since they introduced the French variety in the 1600's. In that sense one could say that super Tuscans have always been a thing and not just some producer's invention of the 11th hour.
2. I keep wondering why so many notable critics deem international blends from Tuscany, and Italy in general, as somehow less worthy than wines made with Italian varieties, as if, for some magical reason, Italian terroirs were destined by some divine scheme to only produce local grapes. Why would an Italian producer be hindered from producing, for example, Syrah if he saw that the local climate and soil could potentially yield a perfect combination? Or is it simply because it is upsetting that Italy, on top of having the biggest concentration of indigenous grapes in the world, can also shine when it comes to the international ones? Just some thoughts
very entertaining! the bocarelli blend doesnt even have the typical blend of tuscany…..thats one now on my radar
i love sangiovese, i'd rather they not do bordeaux blends
I just recently got into sorta collecting but mostly drinking. I spent a summer in Italy almost 20 years ago and learned a lot about wine. I think it’s still the region I know best. Super Tuscans always have a special place in my heart
Love your excitement! Blind tasting is hard 😊
Love Sangiovese! Super Tuscan any good wine from Italy.
I'm a bit mixed. There's so many indigenous grape varietals in Italy. Many which don't get a lot of recognition. But at the same time I can't really blame anyone for wanting to try some different varietals. I keep hearing really good things about Merlot in parts of Italy. And also not to mention, I suppose if you go far enough back a number of varietals were spread around. Some varietals we associate with France actually have Spanish origins. Anyway, thank for the video. I especially enjoy the focus on Italian wines.
Would be great to see a comparison of aged super tuscans. Interested to see which ones improve over time
Thanks for the exceptional video, Doc! Research for our honeymoon trip to Tuscany! Any of these jump out at you as great wineries to visit in person? Thanks for any expert advice!
What are the glasses?
come on give us the closest to sassicaia men jeje
Your excitement here is palpable and I love it! I think the most important thing about drinking wine is enjoying yourself. It’s great to see someone else having this much fun with wine.
A very enjoyable review which really makes me want to return to my beloved Umbria and Tuscany. Umbrian food, Tuscan wine (although it's a bit interchangeable). Next year might see a return to Italy. As for Super Tuscan's – well, what's there to complain about? Blend Sangiovese with other blockbuster grape varieties and it's duh, why didn't we think of this before.
I am slowly starting to become an ambassador for Sangiovese just like you.
It seems that there is this odd dichotomy with Sangiovese,often it is somehow both rustic and refined.. I don't know if that makes sense.. I dont know if that rustic aspect is a characteristic of Sangiovese in general or just the one's i have tried but i absolutely love it.
I’ve never tasted a Super Tuscan made entirely of French varietals.
Would be interesting to try.
Great episode.
Thanks Matt.
your best alternative to sassicaia?