Badia di Morrona, Toscano Rosso IGT "N'Antia"

As wines such as “Sassicaia,” “Ornellaia,” and “Paleo” have proved, the Mediterranean coast of Tuscany is more than capable of producing world-class reds from the ‘Bordeaux’ varieties—namely, the Cabernets and Merlot. Tuscan takes on Bordeaux-style blends may have once been considered novelties, but today, they are classics. And while the epicenter of the “super-Tuscan” movement is the area around the coastal town of Bolgheri, the stretch of coast extending from Pisa in the north to Grosseto in the south is teeming with serious Cabernet. One could use the term “Baby Bolgheri” to describe today’s red from Badia di Morrona, but the only babyish thing about it is its price. Otherwise, this 2019, called “N’Antia,” is grown-up wine through and through, offering serious super-Tuscan breed at an exceptionally reasonable price. “Badia” is Italian for “abbey,” and the centerpiece of this vast estate is a lovingly renovated 10th-century monastery set on 600 hectares of land (100 of which are vin