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Alongside these historic appellations, Tuscany is also home to some of Italy’s most famous modern icons, including Sassicaia, Tignanello, and Le Pergole Torte—wines that helped redefine Italian fine wine through meticulous farming, exceptional vineyard sites, and a willingness to challenge tradition. Together, Piedmont and Tuscany offer an extraordinary spectrum of fine and rare reds: aromatic, structured, complex, age-worthy, and deeply rooted in place.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gaja-ca-marcanda-ca-marcanda","title":"Gaja Ca Marcanda Ca Marcanda 2020 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe name Ca'Marcanda derives from a Piedmontese dialect expression which can be translated as the “house of endless negotiations” and refers to the several meetings between the previous landowners and Angelo Gaja, a very long negotiation finally concluded in 1996 with the land purchase. 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That dynamic is especially pronounced in a comparison of the 2019 and 2018 vintages. The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova has a dark vein of toasted spice, black fruit, ink, blackberry compote, licorice and star anise. Dark as night, it is exceptionally well crafted with a robust delivery of concentrated fruit and solid tannic structure. 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