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Tuscan wine
Tuscan wine
(Italian
Toscana
) is
Italian wine
from the
Tuscany
region. Located in central
Italy
along the
Tyrrhenian coast
, Tuscany is home to some of the world's most notable
wine regions
.
Chianti
,
Brunello di Montalcino
and
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
are primarily made with
Sangiovese
grape whereas the
Vernaccia
grape is the basis of the white
Vernaccia di San Gimignano
. Tuscany is also known for the
dessert wine
Vin Santo
, made from a variety of the region's grapes. Tuscany has thirty-three
Denominazioni di origine controllata
(DOC) and nine
Denominazioni di Origine Controllata e Garantita
(DOCG). In the 1970s a new class of wines known in the trade as "Super Tuscans" emerged. These wines were made outside DOC/DOCG regulations but were considered of high quality and commanded high prices. Many of these wines became
cult wines
. In the reformation of the Italian classification system many of the original Super Tuscans now qualify as DOC or DOCG wines (such as the new
Bolgheri
label) but some producers still prefer the declassified rankings or to use the
Indicazione Geografica Tipica
(IGT) classification of
Toscana
. Tuscany has five sub-categories of IGT wines today.
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