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Super Tuscans Flashcards

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Who produces Tignanello?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Antinori

  • 75-85% Sangiovese + Cab Sauv, Cab Franc
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1971
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Who produces Solaia?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Antinori

  • 75% Cab Sauv, 5% Cab Franc, 20% Sangiovese
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1978
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Who produces Guada al Tasso?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Antinori

  • 50-65% Cab Sauv, 30-40% Merlot, plus Syrah/other varieties
  • DOC Bolgheri Superiore
  • 1990
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Who produces Grifi?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Avignonesi

  • 60% Sangiovese, 40% Cab Sauv
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1983-1996, 2010
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Who produces Desiderio?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Avignonesi

  • 85% Merlot, 15% Cab Sauv
  • DOC Cortona
  • 1988
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Who produces SummuS?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Banfi

  • Cab Sauv, Sangiovese, Syrah
  • Formerly Sant’Antimo DOC, now IGT Toscana
  • 1985
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Who produces Casalferro?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Barone Ricasoli/Castello di Brolio

  • 100% Merlot (100% Sangiovese until 2001)
  • 1993
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Who produces Il Caberlot?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Il Carnasciale

  • 100% Caberlot (unique variety (unique variety, Merlot x unknown)
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1988
  • Bottled only in magnum
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Who produces Fontalloro?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Felsina

  • 100% Sangiovese
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1983
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Who produces Maestro Raro?

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Felsina

  • 100% Cab Sauv
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1987
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Who produces Flaccianello delle Pieve?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Fontodi

  • 100% Sangiovese
  • IFT Colli della Toscana Centrale
  • 1981
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Who produces Mormoreto?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Castello di Nipozzano (Frescobaldi)

  • Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1983
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Who produces Luce?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Luce della Vite (Frescobaldi)

  • Sangiovese, Merlot
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1993
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Who produces Lamaione?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Castelgiocondo (Frescobaldi)

  • 100% Merlot
  • 1991
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Who produces Messorio?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Le Macchiole

  • 100% Merlot
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1994
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Who produces Giramonte?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Tenuta di Castiglioni (Fescobaldi)

  • Merlot, plus Sangiovese
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1999
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Who produces Cepparello?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Isole e Olena

  • 100% Sangiovese
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1980
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Who produces Paleo Rosso?

  • Assemblage
  • Appellation
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Le Macchiole

  • 100% Cab Franc
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1989
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Who produces Scrio?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
A

Le Macchiole

  • 100% Syrah
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1994
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Who produces Le Pergole Torte?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
A

Montevertine

  • 100% Sangiovese
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1977
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Who produces Ornellaia?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
A

Tenuta dell’Ornellaia

  • Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot
  • DOC Bolgheri Superiore
  • 1985
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Who produces Masseto

  • Assemblage
  • Appellation
  • Inaugural vintage
A

Tenuta dell’Ornellaia

  • 100% Merlot
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1986
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Who produces Sammarco?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
A

Castello dei Rampolla

  • Cab Sauv, plus
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1980
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Who produces Vigna d’Alceo?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
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Castello dei Rampolla

  • 80% Cab Sauv, plus Petit Verdot
  • IGT Toscana
  • 1996
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Who produces Sassicaia?

  • Assemblage?
  • Appellation?
  • Inaugural vintage?
A

Tenuta San Guido

  • 80% Cab Sauv, 15% Cab Franc
  • DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia
  • 1968
26
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Name five Super Tuscans that aren’t IGT Toscana.

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  • Guado al Tasso
    • Antinori, DOC Bolgheri Superiore
  • Desiderio
    • ​Avignonesi, DOC Cortona
  • Flaccianello della Pieve
    • Fontodi, IGT Colli della Toscana Centrale
  • Grattamarco
    • Grattamarco, DOC Bolgheri Superiore (65% Cab Sauv, 20% Merlot, 15% Sangiovese)
  • Ornellaia
    • Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, DOC Bolgheri Superiore
  • Il Carbonaione
    • Poggio Scalette, IGT Alta Valle della Greve (100% Sangio)
  • Saffredi
    • Le Pupille, IGT Maremma Toscana (Cab Sauv, Merlot, Alicante)
  • Sassicaia
    • Tenuta San Guido, DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia
  • Il Bosco
    • Tenimenti d’Alessandro, DOC Cortona (100% Syrah)
  • Anfiteatro & Bruno di Rocca
    • Vecchie Terre di Montefili, Anfiteatro: 100% Sangiovese, Bruno: 60% Cab Sauv plus Sangio
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Super Tuscans from Antinori

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  • Tignanello
    • 75-85% Sangiovese + CS/CF
    • 1971
  • Solaia
    • 75% CS + CF, Sangio
    • 1978
  • Guado al Tasso
    • 50-65% CS + Merlot, plus
    • 1990
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Super Tuscans from Avignonesi

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  • Grifi
    • 60% Sangio + CS
    • 1983
  • Desiderio
    • 85% Merlot + CS
    • 1988
  • ​50 & 50 (Avignonesi (Montepulciano), Capanelle (Gaiole))
    • 50% Merlot (Avignonesi), 50% Sangiovese (Capannelle)
    • 1988
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Super Tuscans from Felsina

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  • Fontalloro
    • 100% Sangio
    • 1983
  • Maestro Raro
    • 100% CS
    • 1987
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Super Tuscans from Frescobaldi

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  • Mormoreto
    • CS/Merlot/CF/PV
    • 1983
  • Lamaione
    • 100% Merlot
    • 1991
  • Luce
    • Sangiovese + Merlot
    • 1993
  • Giramonte
    • Merlot + Sangio
    • 1999
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Super Tuscans from Le Macchiole

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  • Paleo Rosso
    • 100% CF
    • 1989
  • Messorio
    • 100% Merlot
    • 1994
  • Scrio
    • 100% Syrah
    • 1994
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Super Tuscans from Tenuta dell’Ornellaia

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  • Ornellaia
    • CS/Merlot/CF/PV
    • 1985
  • Masseto
    • 100% Merlot
    • 1986
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Super Tuscans from Castello dei Rampolla

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  • Sammarco
    • CS plus
    • 1980
  • Vigna d’Alceo
    • 80% CS + PV
    • 1996
34
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Who produce “Percarlo” and “La Ricolma”?

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San Giusto a Rentennano

  • Percarlo: 100% Sangiovese, 1983
  • La Ricolma: 100% Merlot, 1993
35
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What are the 2 Super Tuscan wines from San Giusto a Rentennao (Gaiole)?

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  • Percarlo: 100% Sangioves, 1983
  • La Ricolma: 100% Merlot, 1993
36
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Who produces “Il Bosco”?; what’s the grape?

A

Tenimenti d’Alessandro (Cortona)

  • Il Bosco: 100% Syrah, 1992
37
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Who produces “Redigaffi”?

A

Tua Rita (Suvereto)

  • Redigaffi: 100% Merlot, 1994
38
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Who produces “Balifico”?

A

Volpaia (Radda)

  • Balifico: Sangiovese and Cab S., 1985
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What are the 2 Super Tuscans of Vecchie Terr di Montefili (Firenze)?

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  • Anfiteatro: 100% Sangiovese, 1987
  • Bruno di Rocca: 60% Cab. S, 40% Sangiovese, 1983
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Name a Super Tuscan producer from Scansano.

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Le Pupille (Scansano)

  • Saffredi: Cab. S, Merlot, Alicante, 1987
  • IGT Maremma Toscana 2008 and prior
  • Elisabetta Geppetti
41
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Who produces “Nemo”?

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Monsanto (Barberino Val d’Elsa, Firenze)

  • Nemo: 100% Cab. S, 1982
42
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Name the 5 Super Tuscan producers from Gaiole.

A
  • Castello di Ama
    • “L ‘Apparita”, 100% Merlot, 1985
  • Capannelle
    • ​”50 & 50” (Avignonesi (50% Merlot, Montepulciano) / Capannelle (50% Sangiovese, Gaiole), 1988
  • Barone Ricasoli / Castello di Brolio
    • “Casalferro”, 100% Merlot (was 100% Sangiovese when first released), 1993
  • Riecine
    • ​“La Giola”, predominantly Sangiovese, 1982
  • San Giusto a Rentennano
    • “Percarlo”, 100% Sangiovese, 1983
    • “La Ricolma”, 100% Merlot, 1993
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Name the 4 Super Tuscan producers from Greve.

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  • Tenute del Cabreo
    • Cabreo il Borgo: 70% Sangiovese, 30% Cab S, 1982
  • Poggio Scalette
    • Il Carbonaione: 100% Sangiovese, 1992
  • Querciabella
    • Camartina: 70% Cab S, 30% Sangiovese, 1981
  • Castello dei Rampolla
    • Sammarco: predominantly Cab S, 1980
    • Vigna d’Alceo: 80% Cab S, 20% Petit Verdot, 1996

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