Cabernet Sauvignon blended with 10% Merlot create a vibrant wine with beautiful intensity and underlying tones of milk chocolate, prune, blueberry and spice. In the mouth, the wine is still a bit chunky and the tannins raw—you’d best wait to drink it after 2010.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
With 10% Merlot for extra smoothness, this Cabernet Sauvignon has amazing intensity with plum, blackberry, leather, spice bread, clove, chocolate and menthol notes that leap out of the glass. It’s a beautifully harmonious wine with no aromatic element out of place and black fruit and spice flavors that are nicely rounded out by the oak. Soft, yielding and ready to…
— M.L.
(9/1/2006)
Here’s an elegant and sophisticated Riserva (in a gorgeous bottle with a pretty wax seal on the front that would look stunning on any formal dinner table) with generous aromas of black cherry, toasted almond and exotic spice. This 50-50 Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon blend is full and luscious and makes a fabulous, long-lasting impression in the mouth.
— M.L.
(3/1/2010)
Modern and focused, but generous and intense at the same time, Ceppate (90% Cabernet Sauvignon with 10% Merlot) is a beautifully shaped wine with equal parts fruit and spice. It is soft and slightly sweet on the palate but also delivers extraordinary length and persistency.
— M.L.
(3/1/2010)
Il Tesoro is a pure expression of Merlot. The wine will immediately grab your attention thanks to generous and refined notes of sweet cherry, blueberry, vanilla bean, licorice, Indian spice and chocolate fudge. It imparts deliciously soft, velvety tannins in the mouth.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Sweet aromas of cherry, blueberry, cinnamon and nutmeg appear at first but slowly give way to more complex aromas of toasted almond, cola and cedar. You’ll enjoy the smoothness and suppleness of this Merlot that would pair with milk-marinated pork or sweet barbecue baby back ribs.
— M.L.
(3/1/2010)
Campaccio Riserva is a bold, modern blend of Sangiovese and Cab Sauvignon from an estate in Radda in Chianti. The wine delivers loads of fresh spice, clove, black peppercorn, coffee and vanilla over solid red fruit.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Leather and violet aromas kick off this 100% Sangiovese, which is more racy than burly. A potentially excellent wine with food due to its sculpted structure and modest tannins; this is a fresh and expressive version of Tuscany’s prime red grape. In terms of flavor, expect cherry fruit and supporting vanilla. For feel, it’s round and chunky while deftly avoiding…
— M.S.
(12/31/2002)