Sangiovese has grown in Tuscany for so many centuries that it has adapted to nearly every microclimate in the region.Īs Sangiovese is to the classics, Super-Tuscan is to the modern. Brunelletto, Brunello, Cacchiano, Chiantino, Montepulciano, Morellino, Morellone, Pignolo, Prugnolo, Sangineto, Tignolo, Vigna Maggio, and many more have all been shown to be one grape. While grapes like Canaiolo, Colorino, and Mammolo grew in the region, DNA testing has shown a different story from all the others. This was not unfounded, as the grapes grown in each tiny hamlet were as different from one another as any red wine could.
Before DNA testing, it was thought that Tuscany was home to hundreds, if not thousands, of grape varieties. Before the rise of Rome, Tuscany was the home of the Etruscans, an ancient winemaking culture with connections to the Phoenicians.Īt the center of wine production, the grape is Sangiovese, a quixotic grape once believed not to exist. Tuscany is a mesmerizing place and Italy’s oldest wine-growing region. No place loves Italian more than the coastal stretch from Massachusetts to Delaware, where over ten million Italian-Americans live. In America, Italian wine is beloved by large swaths of people. It has risen above France as the world’s largest wine producer in recent years. First, Barolo became the new luxury wine god, then Amarone Della Valpolicella. In the 1980s, Italy’s economic fortunes rose and brought the wine trade with it, Since then, quality levels have multiplied, and international fame was not far behind. Wars and political misadventures turned the advantages of culture into the burden of stagnation.
That all began to unravel in the first half of the 20th Century. Italy has a rich history with wine, dating back thousands of years.
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