Sassicaia, Ornellaia, Masseto: The Wines That Broke Italy

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In 1968, an Italian marquis with a passion for Bordeaux and racehorses released a wine the Italian wine authorities called "table wine »: the lowest classification possible. Ten years later, in a blind tasting in London, that same "table wine" beat some of the most expensive Bordeaux on Earth. This is the story of the Super Tuscans: the rebel wines that broke Italian wine law, made a swamp on the Tuscan coast world-famous, and forced Italy to rewrite its own rules. Featuring Sassicaia, Tignanello, Ornellaia, Solaia, Masseto, and the men who made them.

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00:00 Introduction

01:23 The rebellion of Tuscan wines

03:09 A Marquis with a Bordeaux obsession

05:43 Tignanello: the rebellion enters Chianti

08:03 The 1978 blind tasting that changed everything for Tuscan wines

09:20 The origin of Super Tuscan name

10:26 Bolgheri becomes Italy’s Bordeaux

12:40 Italy admits defeat: IGT Tuscana, Bolgheri DOC and DOC Sassicaia