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2020 Bolgheri Superiore, Castello di Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
Not ready
James Suckling
93/100
Product: 20208171827
2020 Bolgheri Superiore, Castello di Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy

Description

This is a strict selection of their best vineyard rows, which are side by side with Sassicaia’s and Ornellaia’s. The 2020 vintage was a year without extremes, yielding plump grapes with incredible precision of fruit, which winemaker Alex adores.  Cabernet is king this vintage; after a 28-day infusion on skins, it makes up 75% of the blend, giving grippy energy to this fine example of Bolgheri. The remaining 25% is Cabernet Franc and a little Merlot, all matured in French tonneau for 12 months.

The fruit profile is luxurious, polished and fine: dark bramble, Mediterranean herbs and succulent fleshy berry, woven with fine oak and mineral flashes.

Drink 2025 - 2040

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Castello di Bolgheri

Critics reviews

James Suckling 93/100
Notes of toasted spices, dark cedar, cocoa and bark with a mix of red and blue fruit in the background. Full, compact and lightly chewy with firm, vertical tannins. Spiced, ripe, intense, yet well-integrated and balanced with tension and persistence. Needs some time in the bottle. Try after 2025james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (June 2023)
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Jun 2023)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Castello di Bolgheri

Castello di Bolgheri have the oldest cantina in the area, established in 1796. They are only winery within the medieval village of Bolgheri itself. Although the most historic in the region, it is only since 1996, under the disciplined ambition of owner Conte Federico Zileri Dal Verme, that Castello di Bolgheri have started to produce and bottle their own wine. The results are truly outstanding.
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