What is a Super Tuscan? Super Tuscans were an unofficial category of Tuscan wines, not recognized within the Italian wine classification system. This changed in the 1992 but first, what sets Super Tuscans apart from other Tuscan wines? Super Tuscans incorporate the use of wine grapes that are not indigenous to Italy. At first, they were seen as rebellious wines. Winemakers were frustrated by the slow bureaucracy of Italian wine law in the 1970’s. So in response, they started