The greatest Super-Tuscan of them all

2007 Tassinaia, Castello del Terriccio, Tuscany, Italy (£23.95, reduced to £21.95 by the case, Lea & Sandeman, 020-7244 0522, www.leaandsandeman.co.uk).

Castello del Terriccio can be found overlooking the sea in the province of Pisa, 30 kilometres from the city itself, in the very northernmost part of the Tuscan Maremma.

This estate makes two of my favourite wines in Italy, Lupicaia and Tassinaia, under the guidance of master-winemaker Carlo Ferrini. Terriccio is one of three Super-Tuscan' specialists to make my 100 Most Iconic Wine Estates book, along with Sassicaia and Ornellaia.

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While you will undoubtedly have heard of these two rock-star properties, Castello del Terriccio flies stealthily under the radar. This means prices are incredibly competitive, but I can assure you that the wines lack nothing in nobility, extraordinary complexity and impeccable balance of exuberant fruit and intriguing, Tuscan, savoury nuance.

The 2007 is the finest vintage of this merlot, cabernet sauvignon and sangiovese blend I have tasted. It is a touch youthful, as you would expect given its class, but you must strike now because stocks are limited.

This is already a cult wine in my book and wine collectors are slowly waking up to its undeniable breeding. Pound for pound this is the greatest Super-Tuscan of all in my opinion. I gave it a massive 19+/20 in my notes.

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (www.matthewjukes.com).

Matthew Jukes has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006.

He has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.