red grape · major international
Sangiovese
Tuscany, Italy
Say it
san·joh·vay·zay
On the palate
red cherrydried herbstobaccosun-dried tomatoearthiron
How you spot it blind: high acidity with savory dried-herb and iron-edged cherry character
The story
First written down · c. 1590 (published 1600), Tuscany
DNA parentage confirmed by Vouillamoz et al. (VITIS, 2007) as a cross of Ciliegiolo × Calabrese Montenuovo, an obscure near-extinct Campanian cultivar, placing one parent definitively outside Tuscany.
Where it lives
Tuscany (Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano) · Romagna · Corsica (as Nielluccio) · Marche · Umbria · California · Argentina
Shows up as
still redroséChiantiBrunello di MontalcinoVino Nobile di MontepulcianoMorellino di ScansanoRosso di Montalcino
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Also answers to Brunello, Prugnolo Gentile, Morellino.
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