August 11, 2017
I was especially excited to see this on the TJ selves. It’s a 2010 IGT wine from Tuscany. It’s not normal to see a 7-year-old wine at TJ, especially at this price. Just the added storage costs alone is reason to charge more for a wine that’s been around an extra few years.
While the Italian wine classification is not supposed to be a reflection of the quality of the wines, in my experience the better the classification, the better the wine. The IGT classification is a lower classification, more specifically one that is usually broader in scope as to the grapes and methods used to produce the wine.
Now in my limited and personal experience with Tuscan wines, the IGT wines are edgier and less refined than the higher classified (more restrictive) DOC and DOCG wines. I’m sure there are some exceptions to that experience. And those exceptions likely command a higher price than the wines I usually review.
My question in picking up this wine is, how does aging affect an IGT red wine? In theory a red wine improves with age up until a point where too much age negatively affects the wine. Most of us personally know how that too much age thing works with people. The rest of us will find out.
While I didn’t review this particular wine back when it was 2 or 3 years old, compared to similar IGT wines from the era that I have tried, this is a big step up. This wine has smoothed over the IGT rough edges leaving a very nice, really smooth, mellow, nothing bad, or even close to bad, fine Tuscan red wine. And an absolute bargain. I hope there’s still some left on the shelf. Price: $10.99
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