Super Tuscan Wine Tasting

Super Tuscan Wine Tasting – Episode #474

May 29, 2008

Super Tuscan wines are so sought after and today Gary tries 3 different versions of these Italian renegades!

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QOTD: Had a 2004 BdM Castello di Romitori…” by looper
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Terrabianca CampaccioSuper Tuscan
2001 Cabreo Toscana Il BorgoSuper Tuscan
2004 Argiano SolengoSuper Tuscan

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May 29, 2008

Rick D
Big fan of Italian wines. Brunello is the wine that got me started and to date I still have a very soft spot for them, unfortunately they are pricey and need several years in the bottle to reach their peak. Current wine fridge inventory has 14-15 Italians, several of them aging Brunellos, with a smattering of Chianti, Supers, Barberas and Barolos.

QOTD: 1997 Casa Vinicola Fontebuia Brunello Riserva. One bottle left which is being saved for next Xmas(which is also my birthday)
May 29, 2008

Jared Pondelik
Thanks for the great show Gary!

QQTD: Pietraforte 97 because it brought me into wine. What a great memory of my first sip.
May 29, 2008

Borat
Very nice! I like.
May 29, 2008

Jimmy T
Brunello, holla!
May 29, 2008

Sharon
Thanks for background info on Super-Tuscans. Italian laws governing that stuff are kind of ridiculous IMHO.
QOTD: Difficult to say just one fave at this point, Isole e Olena Cepparello was kind of awesome, but just had a taste. Liked the Frescobaldi Chianti Classico a lot, and just about everything from i Clivi. I’m such a newbie really that haven’t really experienced much from any one place yet. Hope the Cabreo doesn’t sell out right away.
Yup, a nice t-shirt!
May 29, 2008

FJDR
I only buy inexpensive wines, and I really liked the 2005 Promessa Rosso Salento, which is 70% Negroamaro and 30% Primitivo, and only cost $10. Never had an Italian wine that cost more than $20.
May 29, 2008

Danny C
QOTD:

Poggio al Chiari!

95% Sangiovese, 5% Colorino
May 29, 2008

Kirk (aka: slave2thevine)
QOTD: I would have to say that the best Italian wine I have had to date was the 2001 Valdicava Madonna del Piano Reserva. It was entirely too young, but it was off the charts with concentration, fruit, tannins, length, everything that pulled it all together. I’ll be revisiting it again in another 5-6 years. Thanks for another fun show…
May 29, 2008

DON D
QOTD: CAMPO QUADRO BARBARESCO 2001, GARY, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO DO A SHOW ON BARBARESCO’S DON’T YA THINK?
May 29, 2008

eric N
the best italian wine I have had is Argiolas Turriga from Sardinia.
May 29, 2008

Rx8Doc
Hey Gary you have 1000 Wine.Woot customers high and dry for your book. Not lookin too good on either side.
May 29, 2008

Kev and Ams
QOTD: Almost any Prosecco.
May 29, 2008

Lindsay
Great show! Makes me want to go out and find some of that Cabreo. Sounds yummy. (I would order it from Wine Library, but Wisconsin is shut out of shipping! Stupid laws.)

QOTD: The one that pops into my head is the Enzo Boglietti Barbera dâ€™Alba I had over pizza with my husband a few months ago. It was maybe $15 with my employee discount and it went with our margherita-style pie just perfectly. Mmm.

Other faves have been the Zenato Ripasso and the few tastes of Amarone and Barolo I’ve been blessed to have. My order-of-choice in Italian restaurants is generally Barbera or Dolcetto, because of what you’ve said about value, and pinot bianco if I want white. i love Italian wine.

I just started a weight loss program again and my wine consumption has been seriously limited. I keep consoling myself with the promise that itâ€™s temporary, I can still have a glass or two, and vows to go three more miles tomorrow so I can help polish off the Malbec thatâ€™s open. Ha!
May 29, 2008

Greg B
Big G, Good luck with the Book signings. Love the Super Tuscans great stuff.

QOTD: Got to love Sassicia,Tignanello,and Parusso Barolos
May 29, 2008

GrapeStuff
GREAT Italian wine introduction on today’s ep – when you can, you should try and include these types of intros on WLTV when you can – I think it adds a TON of additional value to an already awesomely thunderous wine show!!

QOTD: Haven’t had many Italians, but definitely find some QPRs in the barbera wines (barbera d’alba, etc.). They are good, but just not quite my thing. I do want to buy some ’01s from Italy, however, and lay them down.

“We’re drinking bad wines so you don’t have to.” – NICE, good tag.
May 29, 2008

Jim
QOTD: RIPASSO! Enjoyed at Mia Francesca’s in Chicago.
May 29, 2008

Robert
QOTD: Zardini Valpolicella Superiore 2005, received my order yesterday, opened a bottle last night, delicious! Thanks for the review of this wine.
May 29, 2008

Palmer
QOTD: right now I’m loving the 2007 Tintero Moscato d’Asti for $10, but I think the 2005 Molino Barbera d’Alba still remains in the top spot on my all-time Italian wines list – I’ve only had a handful of Barolos, Barbarescos and Brunellos, none of which have really blown me away yet.
May 29, 2008

Jim
“It never hurt anybody to have a little wood in their mouth.”

Ha ha ha ha ha… only on the Thunder Show!

p.s. COME TO SAINT LOUIS!!!
May 29, 2008

CindyW
QOTD: I’ve been super diggin’ on Italian reds this past winter and am just starting to fall in love with barolos. I’m also a big fan of valpolicella ripassos.

Fun episode on Super Tuscans. Thanks for another good one, GV!
May 29, 2008

Linderelli
I really enjoy a lot of Italian varietals. . . from Nero d’Avola, and Barbera to Barolo and Nebbiolo, the reds are all great. But my FAVORITE has to be Arneis. It’s so pretty yet still nice and crisp. Perfect for this time of year.
May 29, 2008

DaveyDonut
QOTD: Two rather different ones… Amarone and Barolo. Love them both, and I’m going to go broke on the 2004s. (but I’ve already done that with 2005 Burgundy and Bordeaux… doh)

David
May 29, 2008

amgryger
QOTD: Pretty much anything made from Nebbiolo.
May 29, 2008

Rani Haykal
Great Show!!!

QOTD: Dont really have a specific producer that I love but you can never go wrong with a 2001 Brunello in my opinion…if only the prices weren’t so steep.

–RH
May 29, 2008

JudeMurphy
QOTD- Valpolicella! And Chianti! And Barolo and whatever else there is!
Damn, I can’t choose!

That 90 score on the argiano solengo seemed quite high considering how disappointed you seemed!
Considering the amount of wine you’ve loved that you gave 90!
Scoring sucks!
That’s why I can’t choose my favorite Italian wine, wine tasting can’t be a precise science- it’s a subjective art.