Isole e Olena, ‘Cepparello’ 2009
$219.95
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Description
Critics
“The 2009 Cepparello is gorgeous. It brings together the radiance and ripeness of a warmer year with the medium-bodied structure of a cooler vintage. Today the 2009 is a bit reticent and appears headed for a period of dormancy. From time to time hints of its ultimate potential come through in attractive layers of dark red fruit. The rich, textured finish bodes well for the future. Paolo De Marchi describes 2009 as a year with a cold spring and a hot summer that also brought hail in early August. The 2009 Cepparello is clearly one of the wines of the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2034”. – 95 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Producer
In the 1950s, the father of current winemaker Paolo de Marchi purchased the adjoining hamlets of Isole e Olena and their estates in the Tuscan commune of Barberino Val d’Elsa. Paolo entered the business in 1976 and the quality of the estates’ wines improved rapidly after decades of sharecropping. Di Marchi is one of the region’s kings of the Sangiovese grape, at a time when Chianti was a blended wine it was he that stepped out to produce wines that were 100% Sangiovese.
