Maremma is a broader term for a landscape in central Italy that encompasses the whole of southern Tuscany and parts of northern Lazio. Originally, it was a marshy region connected to the Tyrrhenian Sea and became known in Roman times as "Maritima Regio", from which the Spanish term "Marisma" (marshy coastal land) is derived. In a narrower sense, however, Maremma refers exclusively to the flat coastal strip interrupted by the Monti dell'Uccellina hills and extending between the Gulf of Follonica, the courses of the Bruna and Ombrone rivers and the lagoon of Orbetello on Monte Argentario.

This area is considered the "El Dorado" of viticulture and development areas in Tuscany. The upswing is evidenced by the investments and participation in wineries by renowned houses such as Antinori, Castello di Fonterutoli, Frescobaldi, Gaja, Rothschild and many others. One of the reasons for this is that many vineyards were left fallow and replanted here. This is where the term " Super Tuscan" was born.
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