Wines from Morellino di Scansano
Val delle Rose 2005 Riserva Sangiovese (Morellino di Scansano)
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Morellino di Scansano is an up-and-coming red wine from Southern Tuscany that is easy and fun to drink. This ruby-colored expression delivers fresh tones of cherry and red currants and it has a soothing, soft texture in the mouth thanks to one year of oak aging.
— M.L.
(5/1/2009)
Valdifalco 2006 Sangiovese (Morellino di Scansano)
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This is a very expressive interpretation of Morellino with ripe fruit flavors and good intensity. You’ll recognize aromas of bright cherry, spice, vanilla and cinnamon. The wine is extremely chewy and succulent in the mouth.
— M.L.
(3/1/2009)
Val delle Rose 2006 Riserva Sangiovese (Morellino di Scansano)
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There are slightly cooked aromas here of mature fruit or smoked bacon that gives this bright Morellino a saturated and rich feel. You’ll also get background aromas of crushed black pepper and clove with soft, chewy tannins.
— M.L.
(11/1/2009)
Jacopo Biondi-Santi 2007 Castello di Montepò Sangiovese (Morellino di Scansano)
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Sangiovese Grosso (specifically the BBS11 clone identified by Biondi-Santi) is enhanced with 5% Cabernet Sauvignon to produce a thickly structured wine with aromas of smoked beef, mature cherry and moist earth.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Suberli 2006 Riserva Sangiovese (Morellino di Scansano)
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Shows aromas of cherry, raspberry and blueberry and the wine presents a friendly, fruit-forward personality overall. This Riserva Morellino is equally intense and pleasurable in the mouth.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Terre di Talamo 2008 Tempo Sangiovese (Morellino di Scansano)
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Vintner Marco Bacci delivers a plush, ripe and mature expression of Morellino that really hits all the right marks. There’s great fruit quality here and the aromas are bright, polished and clean. Warm, earthy tones pick up the rear.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Terre di Fiori 2008 Ventaio Sangiovese (Morellino di Scansano)
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Here’s a lovely Morellino di Scansano set apart by a drying, dusty tone that recalls brimstone or crushed granite stone. There’s fruit here—mostly cherry and blackberry—but it plays a supporting role.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Mazzei 2008 Tenuta Belguardo Bronzone Sangiovese (Morellino di Scansano)
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- $30
Morellino di Scansano is a soft, approachable expression of Sangiovese from southern Tuscany that pairs with grilled sausage and onions, baked beans or baby back ribs. This expression opens with bright cherry and subtle shadings of spice and tobacco.
— M.L.
(2/1/2012)
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