Tag: tuscan wine tasting

When is the Morellino going to join the Anteprime Toscane?

February 27, 2012
Vino @en

I’ve been reading, not without some feeling of jealousy, the ample summary of the Anteprime Toscane wine tastings, recently held in Florence, San Gimignano, Montepulciano, Montalcino, ecc. So why is Morellino left out? There will be plenty of reason for it to be there: Morellino is at the moment (but in the next vintage, joined by the Montecucco) the only red DOCG in Tuscany that is not part of ity Morellino is very popular in Italy, if you look at the sales data. Morellino makes a sizeable amount of wine, being behind to Chianti and Chianti Classico only in term of wine produced. Morellino needs to escape from the parrochial environment where it has been confined so far by some …continua