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2015 Badia a Coltibuono Montebello

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RATINGS

94The Wine Advocate

...beautifully intense and curious wine...bouquet is broadly projected like a wide-screen television, with cherry, blackberry, spice, tar and licorice...depth and complexity of this vintage is particularly attractive.

92James Suckling

Solid intensity on the nose with dried red cherries, Christmas cake, sandalwood, earth and animal aromas, leather and treacle tart. Excellent transparency to this wine, which is medium-to full-bodied and crunchy in its delivery of bright acidity.

92Jeb Dunnuck

...soft, deliciously satisfying, medium-bodied style as well as lively cherry fruits, spice box, leafy herbs, and dried earth-like aromas and flavors.

90Wine Spectator

There is a core of fading ripe cherry and plum fruit in this red, accented by sweet spice, earth and tobacco notes. This is still pretty firm, with vibrant acidity and dusty tannins lining the long finish.

REGION

Italy, Tuscany

Tuscany, or Toscana in Italian, is Italy’s best-known wine region and its most diverse. Historically Sangiovese was the primary grape grown in Tuscany and Chianti was considered the purest expression of Sangiovese. Sangiovese and its many clones are still important, and they are the grapes used for the Tuscan appellations of Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano, Chianti, Chianti Classico and Carmignano. But in the last 50 years innovative producers, many of them in southwestern Tuscany in the area called Maremma, have also planted Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc. The tradition defying producers have blended those varietals with Sangiovese to produce dazzling wines that do not conform to Italy’s appellation regulations. Such wines are called Super Tuscans and cannot be labeled with either of Italy’s highest level quality designations, which are in order of status Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantia, (DOCG), and Denominazione di Origine Controllata, (DOC). (This has not at all hindered the demand for Super Tuscans, some of which are consistently among the world’s most admired and well-reviewed wines.) Tuscany has six DOCG appellations and thirty-four DOCs. Though famous for its red wines, Tuscany also produces whites made primarily from Trebbiano and Vernaccia. There are also many Tuscan Indicazione Geographica Tipica (IGT) wines that are often an innovative blend of traditional and non-traditional grapes. This relatively new appellation status was started in 1992 as an attempt to give an official classification to Italy’s many newer blends that do fit the strict requirements of DOC and DOCG classifications. IGT wines may use the name of the region and varietal on their label or in their name.