Castello di Bolgheri Bolgheri Varvara 2015
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The grapes were harvested manually, with saelection on the vineyard and as well as before destemming.
Blend: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Syrah, 10% Petit Verdot
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This is generous, featuring black cherry, black currant, cedar, vanilla and toast aromas and flavors. Bright and firm, with saturated flavors and fine balance from start to lingering finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2024.
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James Suckling
A polished and refined red with soft and pretty tannin quality and succulent and rich flavors of currants, sweet Thai basil and dark fruits. Full-bodied yet balanced and harmonious. Drink in 2021 but already so much fun to taste.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This wine always comes across as extremely accessible, consistent and easy to drink. The 2015 Bolgheri Rosso Varvàra is 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Syrah and 10% Petit Verdot executed with medium-rich extraction and bright berry intensity. The bouquet reveals black fruit aromas of plum and forest berry with spice, leather and sweet tobacco at the back. This vintage is particularly exuberant and succulent in terms of its quality of fruit. It tastes like a warm-vintage wine. This edition celebrates the tenth anniversary of Varvàra and it offers good reason to celebrate.
Rating: 91+
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The origins of Bolgheri Castle date back to 1200. Since then, it has been the property of the Counts of Gherardesca family. In the second half of the 1700s, restoration work and improvements were made to the building, and the cellars were built. In 1895, the castle’s facade was modified, with the construction of the tower and merlons as we still see them today.
Bolgheri Castle and its surrounding lands were transferred by hereditary succession to the current family of the Counts Zileri Dal Verme.
The farm extends around the Castle for an area of 130 hectares, 50 of which are covered by vineyards; the rest is made up of areas cultivated with 6,000 olive plants, sown grounds and woods. Both sides of the farm are adjacent to the famous cypress road extolled in the poetry of Giosuè Carducci.
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
An outstanding wine region made famous by Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, who planted Cabernet Sauvignon vines for his own consumption in 1940s on his San Guido estate, and called the resulting wine, Sassicaia. Today the region’s Tuscan reds are based on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, which can be made as single varietal wines or blends. The local Sangiovese can make up no more than 50% of the blends. Today Sassicaia has its own DOC designation within the Bogheri DOC appellation.