Tuscany en un minuto
- Las uvas
- Sangiovese, más Cabernet Sauvignon y Merlot cerca de la costa
- Cómo sabe
- Cereza ácida, hierbas y un final sabroso que abre el apetito.
Dato útil
El Chianti Classico y el Brunello di Montalcino se elaboran con Sangiovese. Muchos de los llamados Super Tuscans, sobre todo los de la costa de Bolgheri, usan uvas de Burdeos en su lugar.
En la etiqueta
Lleva el nombre del lugar. Riserva significa que el vino se envejeció durante más tiempo.
Qué cuesta el terreno
Los viñedos más caros aquí están en Bolgheri DOC: ≈$279,825–≈$671,580 una hectárea (2024). Zona por zona

El lado del negocio
Tuscany's collectible tier is concentrated on the coast at Bolgheri (about 1,400 ha under the DOC) and inland at Montalcino (about 2,100 ha of Brunello vineyard). Bolgheri's economics are unusual: a young appellation (DOC 1994) built on Cabernet and Merlot, dominated by a few large estates, whose wines trade at auction alongside Bordeaux.
How the economics work
Bolgheri's top wines are made in Bordeaux-like quantities — Sassicaia and Ornellaia in the low hundreds of thousands of bottles, Masseto in about 30,000 — and sold through the Place de Bordeaux négociant system as well as Italian channels, which gives them Bordeaux's distribution and liquidity. Land in Bolgheri has appreciated from farmland prices to reported figures in the hundreds of thousands of euros per hectare in a single generation, tracking the wines' secondary-market rise.
Análisis en profundidad
Montalcino
Brunello di Montalcino requires long aging (released in the fifth year after harvest), which loads the estates with working capital; the Consorzio publishes planted area and the vintage rating. Top estates such as Biondi-Santi and Soldera have a collectible following, but volumes and prices remain well below Bolgheri's leaders.
Datos y cifras



Años buenos y malos
Todas las regiones →Los años que hay que buscar: 2016. Los difíciles: 2002.
| Año | Cómo se valoró el año | La temporada de cultivo |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bueno | |
| 2021 | Excelente | |
| 2020 | Muy bueno | |
| 2019 | Excelente | |
| 2018 | Muy bueno | |
| 2017 | Bueno | |
| 2016 | Excepcional | Even season; Bolgheri's reference modern vintage. |
| 2015 | Excelente | |
| 2014 | Mixto | |
| 2013 | Muy bueno | |
| 2012 | Bueno | |
| 2011 | Muy bueno | |
| 2010 | Muy bueno | |
| 2009 | Bueno | |
| 2008 | Muy bueno | |
| 2007 | Muy bueno | |
| 2006 | Excelente | |
| 2005 | Bueno | |
| 2004 | Excelente | |
| 2003 | Mixto | |
| 2002 | Difícil | |
| 2001 | Excelente | |
| 2000 | Bueno | |
| 1999 | Muy bueno | |
| 1998 | Muy bueno | |
| 1997 | Excelente | |
| 1996 | Bueno | |
| 1995 | Muy bueno |
Quién elabora los vinos famosos de aquí
Todos los productores →
ProductorMassetoSeven hectares of Merlot on a clay hill in Bolgheri, about 30,000 bottles, and Italy's answer to Pétrus.
ProductorOrnellaiaBolgheri's second great estate, founded in 1981 by Lodovico Antinori and owned by the Frescobaldi family…
ProductorTenuta San Guido (Sassicaia)The estate that invented the super Tuscan: Sassicaia, first sold commercially from the 1968 vintage, now with…Vinos famosos de aquí
Todo →Apelaciones
ApelaciónBolgheriA coastal DOC created in 1994 for Cabernet and Merlot, home of Sassicaia, Ornellaia and Masseto.
ApelaciónBrunello di MontalcinoSangiovese aged for five years before release: Biondi-Santi, Soldera and the long-aged tier of Tuscany.Lo que cuesta producir una botella aquí
Todos los modelos →Los números detrás de la región: tierra, uvas, rendimientos y costes
| Insumo | Rango | Unidad | Año | Fuente |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tierra — precio de venta de una hectárea de viñedo | ||||
| Vineyard land, Bolgheri DOC | 250,000–600,000 | EUR/ha | 2024 | CREA / trade reporting on Bolgheri lan… |
| Vineyard land, Brunello di Montalcino | 300,000–600,000 | EUR/ha | 2024 | CREA / Consorzio and trade reporting |
| Vineyard land, Chianti Classico | 80,000–200,000 | EUR/ha | 2024 | CREA / trade reporting |
| Uva — precio pagado al viticultor | ||||
| Chianti Classico DOCG grapes€220 a quintal in Siena and €217.86 in Florence for the 2023 harvest; ISMEA reports… | 2–2 | EUR/kg | 2023 | Prices of wine grapes recorded by the … |
| Mano de obra — viticultura y vendimia | ||||
| Vineyard labour and operations, top Bolgheri estate | 12,000–22,000 | EUR/ha/year | 2024 | Estate interviews reported in the trad… |
| Barricas | ||||
| New French oak barrique | 800–1,300 | EUR/barrel | 2025 | Cooperage price lists and trade report… |
De dónde proceden los datos
- CREA / trade reporting on Bolgheri land transactions
- CREA / Consorzio and trade reporting
- CREA / trade reporting
- Prices of wine grapes recorded by the chambers of commerce, 2023 harvest (BMTI analysis, April 2024)
- Estate interviews reported in the trade press
- Cooperage price lists and trade reporting (Wine Industry Network, Wines & Vines), 2024–2025
Fuentes
- Il territorio e i numeri, Consorzio per la Tutela dei Vini Bolgheri, 2025. Recuperado 3 September 2026.
- Dati di produzione, Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino, 2025. Recuperado 3 September 2026.
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