Maremma

Maremma is more broadly understood to mean a landscape in central Italy that includes all of southern Tuscany and parts of northern Lazio. Originally, it was a marshy landscape connected to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which in Roman times was called "Maritima Regio". This gave rise to the Spanish term "Marisma" (marshy coastal land). In a narrower sense, however, the Maremma only includes the flat coastal strip between the Gulf of Follonica, the courses of the Bruna and Ombrone rivers and the lagoon of Orbetello on Monte Argentario, interrupted by the hill ranges of the Monti dell'Uccellina. The area has been called the "El Dorado" of viticulture and the most interesting development area in Tuscany.

The upswing is proven by the investments and shareholdings in wineries of renowned houses such as Antinori, Castello di Fonterutoli, Frescobaldi, Gaja, Rothschild and many others. One of the reasons for this is that many vineyards here were left fallow and were replanted. It was here in particular that the term Super Tuscan was born, among other things. The DOC/DOCG areas located in Maremma are Ansonica Costa dell'Argentario, Bianco di Pitigliano, Maremma Toscana, Montecucco, Monteregio di Massa Marittima, Morellino di Scansano, Parrina, Sovana and Val di Cornia. In viticulture, it is usually referred to as Maremma Toscana is usually understood to mean the southernmost Tuscan province of Grosseto. This former IGT area was upgraded to DOC in 2011.

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