Monte Antico Supremus Toscana - Tuscany, Italy
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Monte Antico Supremus Toscana - Tuscany, Italy
Monte Antico Supremus Toscana - Tuscany, Italy
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Monte Antico Supremus Toscana - Tuscany, Italy

Monte Antico Supremus Toscana 2018 - Tuscany, Italy

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92/100 James Suckling
92/100 Wine Enthusiast
93/100 Wine Enthusiast (2017 vintage)
91/100 CellarTracker (2017 vintage)
90/100 James Suckling (2017 vintage)
94/100 James Suckling (2016 vintage)

Bronzze - Decanter World Wine Awards (2016 vintage)

Super Tuscan

James Suckling "Sweet red berries with hints of vanilla and floral highlights. Medium-bodied with well-integrated, very fine and vanilla cream-coated tannins and a long, pleasant finish. Sangiovese, merlot and cabernet sauvignon."

Wine Enthusiast "The nose is a succulent balance of fruit and meat, with dark chocolate tying notes of black cherry and blackberry to savory undertones of pepper and graphite. On the palate, flintiness, bright acid and taut, dusty tannins frame the enduring dark fruit and dark chocolate."

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 "Cassis, spearmint, blackcurrants and sweet vanilla on the nose. Rich, ripe and opulent, with a full body and round tannins. Lightly jammy, but flavorful, with mint chocolate on the finish. Slightly one-dimensional this year from the hot vintage. Vegan." (2017 vintage)

James Suckling "Pretty aromas of rosehip, pomegranate, raspberry, blueberry, orange zest and cedar. It’s medium-bodied with sleek, fine tannins. Wonderfully silky and juicy with an abundance of freshly crushed berries. Very fine. One of the finest wines they have made." (2016 vintage)

75% sangiovese, 15% merlot and 10% cabernet sauvignon

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. 75% Sangiovese, 15% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
92/100 James Suckling
92/100 Wine Enthusiast
93/100 Wine Enthusiast (2017 vintage)
91/100 CellarTracker (2017 vintage)
90/100 James Suckling (2017 vintage)
94/100 James Suckling (2016 vintage)

Bronzze - Decanter World Wine Awards (2016 vintage)

Super Tuscan

James Suckling "Sweet red berries with hints of vanilla and floral highlights. Medium-bodied with well-integrated, very fine and vanilla cream-coated tannins and a long, pleasant finish. Sangiovese, merlot and cabernet sauvignon."

Wine Enthusiast "The nose is a succulent balance of fruit and meat, with dark chocolate tying notes of black cherry and blackberry to savory undertones of pepper and graphite. On the palate, flintiness, bright acid and taut, dusty tannins frame the enduring dark fruit and dark chocolate."

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 "Cassis, spearmint, blackcurrants and sweet vanilla on the nose. Rich, ripe and opulent, with a full body and round tannins. Lightly jammy, but flavorful, with mint chocolate on the finish. Slightly one-dimensional this year from the hot vintage. Vegan." (2017 vintage)

James Suckling "Pretty aromas of rosehip, pomegranate, raspberry, blueberry, orange zest and cedar. It’s medium-bodied with sleek, fine tannins. Wonderfully silky and juicy with an abundance of freshly crushed berries. Very fine. One of the finest wines they have made." (2016 vintage)

75% sangiovese, 15% merlot and 10% cabernet sauvignon

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. 75% Sangiovese, 15% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

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