Monte Antico Rossa Toscano - Tuscany, Italy
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Monte Antico Rossa Toscano - Tuscany, Italy
Monte Antico Rossa Toscano - Tuscany, Italy
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Monte Antico Rossa Toscano - Tuscany, Italy

Monte Antico Rossa Toscano 2019 - Tuscany, Italy

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91/100 James Suckling
90/100 Wine Enthusiast
Bronze - CellarTracker

91/100 James Suckling (2018 vintage)
Bronze - Decanter (2018 vintage)
Bronze - CellarTracker (2018 vintage)
93/100 Wine Enthusiast (2017 vintage)
91/100 James Suckling (2017 vintage)
Bronze - CellarTracker (2017 vintage)

Gold - Asia Wine Trophy (2018 vintage)

Wine Enthusiast - #61 Top 100 Best Buys of 2021
Wine Enthusiast - Top 100 Best Buys of 2009

James Suckling " super-clean, fruity red with juicy blackcurrant and dark cherry character. Medium-bodied with very fine, fruit-coated tannins and a fresh finish. 85% sangiovese, 10% cabernet sauvignon and 5% merlot. Delicious.

Wine Enthusiast "Vanilla and toasted coconut open the nose of this wine, before being joined by bright strawberry-cherry and stony underbrush. Strawberries and wild green watermelon notes perk up the palate, with more vanilla and also milk chocolate. Tannins are beginning to uncoil but acid remains present and accounted for."

James Suckling "Blackberry, blueberry and crushed-stone aromas follow through to a medium-bodied palate with lightly chewy tannins and dried lemon rind on the finish. Tangy and delicious." (2018 vintage)

Decanter "A cheap and cheerful Sangiovese-based wine that is the perfect pairing for a weeknight pasta dish or pizza. Sour cherries permeate both the nose and the palate. A spicy little number giving both herbaceous/menthol notes plus liquorice notes on the palate." (2018 vintage)

Wine Enthusiast "Savory, sweet and perfumed, the nose on this wine gives dark chocolate, dried figs and old leather. Juicy and berry rich, the palate conveys strawberries, cherries, more figs and more chocolate. Tannins make themselves felt and an acid kick is here, for a wine that's lush but not spineless." (2017 vintage)

James Suckling "Sweet-berry, orange-peel and rose-petal aromas follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a fresh, vivid finish." (2017 vintage)

Luca Maroni "Very good to excellent wine"

Wine Italy "... in the style of the best “super Tuscan”. Intense ruby ​​red to the eye, on the nose there are hints of red fruit, plums, licorice and violets, followed by more complex notes of leather and vanilla. In the mouth it enters elegant and round, offering a long and corresponding sip."

Monte Antico is owned by internationally acclaimed wine entrepreneurs, Neil and Maria Empson, who launched the winery with the maestro of Italian winemakers, Franco Bernabei. Dedicated to producing Super Tuscans, together they have received much praise for their wines by the likes of Robert Parker (“one of Italy’s better values”), Wine Spectator (“Delicious”; “Best Value”), the Washington Post (“This wine keeps getting better with every vintage”). The initial home of the Estate was famous Maremma. The Estate has since expanded to about 50 of Tuscany’s best vineyard sites in Maremma (Scansano, particularly for the Merlot and Cabernet) and in Colline Pisane and Colli Fiorentini, as well as the most recent additions, a few areas in Chianti. Monte Antico is known for its makers’ loyalty to toscanità, terroir and tradition and for consistently maintaining its original quality standards and its wines' accessible price.

Tuscany is Italy's third most planted region (behind Sicily and Apulia) but it is eighth in terms of output, reflecting both the poor soil of Tuscany and deliberate efforts to limit yields and increase the quality in the wine. After Piedmont and the Veneto, Tuscany produces the third-highest volume of DOC/DOCG wines. More than 80% of the regions' production is in red wine, with the Sangiovese grape being Tuscany's' most prominent grape. Trebbiano is the leading white variety of the region.

The history of viticulture in Tuscany dates back to the Etruscans in the 8th century BC. From the fall of the Roman Empire and throughout the Middle Ages, monasteries were the main purveyors of wines in the region. As the aristocratic and merchant classes emerged, they inherited the share-cropping system of agriculture known as mezzadria. Many Tuscan landowners would turn their half of the grape harvest into wine that would be sold to merchants in Florence. Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Tuscany returned to the rule of the Habsburgs. Chianti, Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Super Tuscan are Tuscany’s best known wines.

Cabernet – Merlot – Sangiovese is the composition of many of the so-called "Super Tuscan" wines of central Italy. The blend can be made to any number of variations, but the combination typically draws on the power and structure of Cabernet Sauvignon, the sweet, juicy fruit flavors of Merlot and the rustic, sour-cherry tang of Sangiovese. Sangiovese is the defining grape in the blend and gives the wine a distinctively Italian accent. 85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot
91/100 James Suckling
90/100 Wine Enthusiast
Bronze - CellarTracker

91/100 James Suckling (2018 vintage)
Bronze - Decanter (2018 vintage)
Bronze - CellarTracker (2018 vintage)
93/100 Wine Enthusiast (2017 vintage)
91/100 James Suckling (2017 vintage)
Bronze - CellarTracker (2017 vintage)

Gold - Asia Wine Trophy (2018 vintage)

Wine Enthusiast - #61 Top 100 Best Buys of 2021
Wine Enthusiast - Top 100 Best Buys of 2009

James Suckling " super-clean, fruity red with juicy blackcurrant and dark cherry character. Medium-bodied with very fine, fruit-coated tannins and a fresh finish. 85% sangiovese, 10% cabernet sauvignon and 5% merlot. Delicious.

Wine Enthusiast "Vanilla and toasted coconut open the nose of this wine, before being joined by bright strawberry-cherry and stony underbrush. Strawberries and wild green watermelon notes perk up the palate, with more vanilla and also milk chocolate. Tannins are beginning to uncoil but acid remains present and accounted for."

James Suckling "Blackberry, blueberry and crushed-stone aromas follow through to a medium-bodied palate with lightly chewy tannins and dried lemon rind on the finish. Tangy and delicious." (2018 vintage)

Decanter "A cheap and cheerful Sangiovese-based wine that is the perfect pairing for a weeknight pasta dish or pizza. Sour cherries permeate both the nose and the palate. A spicy little number giving both herbaceous/menthol notes plus liquorice notes on the palate." (2018 vintage)

Wine Enthusiast "Savory, sweet and perfumed, the nose on this wine gives dark chocolate, dried figs and old leather. Juicy and berry rich, the palate conveys strawberries, cherries, more figs and more chocolate. Tannins make themselves felt and an acid kick is here, for a wine that's lush but not spineless." (2017 vintage)

James Suckling "Sweet-berry, orange-peel and rose-petal aromas follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a fresh, vivid finish." (2017 vintage)

Luca Maroni "Very good to excellent wine"

Wine Italy "... in the style of the best “super Tuscan”. Intense ruby ​​red to the eye, on the nose there are hints of red fruit, plums, licorice and violets, followed by more complex notes of leather and vanilla. In the mouth it enters elegant and round, offering a long and corresponding sip."

Monte Antico is owned by internationally acclaimed wine entrepreneurs, Neil and Maria Empson, who launched the winery with the maestro of Italian winemakers, Franco Bernabei. Dedicated to producing Super Tuscans, together they have received much praise for their wines by the likes of Robert Parker (“one of Italy’s better values”), Wine Spectator (“Delicious”; “Best Value”), the Washington Post (“This wine keeps getting better with every vintage”). The initial home of the Estate was famous Maremma. The Estate has since expanded to about 50 of Tuscany’s best vineyard sites in Maremma (Scansano, particularly for the Merlot and Cabernet) and in Colline Pisane and Colli Fiorentini, as well as the most recent additions, a few areas in Chianti. Monte Antico is known for its makers’ loyalty to toscanità, terroir and tradition and for consistently maintaining its original quality standards and its wines' accessible price.

Tuscany is Italy's third most planted region (behind Sicily and Apulia) but it is eighth in terms of output, reflecting both the poor soil of Tuscany and deliberate efforts to limit yields and increase the quality in the wine. After Piedmont and the Veneto, Tuscany produces the third-highest volume of DOC/DOCG wines. More than 80% of the regions' production is in red wine, with the Sangiovese grape being Tuscany's' most prominent grape. Trebbiano is the leading white variety of the region.

The history of viticulture in Tuscany dates back to the Etruscans in the 8th century BC. From the fall of the Roman Empire and throughout the Middle Ages, monasteries were the main purveyors of wines in the region. As the aristocratic and merchant classes emerged, they inherited the share-cropping system of agriculture known as mezzadria. Many Tuscan landowners would turn their half of the grape harvest into wine that would be sold to merchants in Florence. Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Tuscany returned to the rule of the Habsburgs. Chianti, Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Super Tuscan are Tuscany’s best known wines.

Cabernet – Merlot – Sangiovese is the composition of many of the so-called "Super Tuscan" wines of central Italy. The blend can be made to any number of variations, but the combination typically draws on the power and structure of Cabernet Sauvignon, the sweet, juicy fruit flavors of Merlot and the rustic, sour-cherry tang of Sangiovese. Sangiovese is the defining grape in the blend and gives the wine a distinctively Italian accent. 85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot

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