2019 Grattamacco Bolgheri Superiore

2019 Grattamacco Bolgheri Superiore

2019 Grattamacco Bolgheri Superiore The 2019 Bolgheri Superiore Grattamacco (a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 15% Sangiovese) is a real beauty and shows very nicely today based on advancing vine age alone. Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah vines show great results after seven years, whereas Merlot and Sangiovese vines need a few more years before they start to show that extra degree of complexity, the winemaking team tells me. This is a complete and beautifully balanced wine that shows soft extraction and especially sweet tannins. It fermented in truncated conical oak vats and finished in barrique for 18 months. 97pts Parkers’ WA

Maurizio Castelli: A famous Brunello consultant – Maurizio had a hand in many of the region’s most famous wines like La Ragnaie (100 point wine), Mastrojanni, Badia a Coltibuono, Bastianich, Mastrojanni, Grattamacco and a long list of other delicious wines.

The Super Tuscans from Bolgheri make up some of the greatest, collectible and iconic wine there is. Now we all know the greatness of wines like Sassicaia and Ornellaia that sell $200 to $400. Today’s wine performed as well as others that are two to three times the price. The wine come from the famous Grattamacco which makes some of the finest red wines in Italy. 2019 is a 95pt Vintage by Parker’s WA, declaring the wines from Bolgheri to be ‘outstanding’ and the Wine Spectator gave the vintage 96pts. Wine Spectators top rated wines from Bolgheri in 2019 in order are Sassicaia, Grattamacco and Ornellaia. Second to Sassicaia only in historical chronology of Bolgheri , the estate of Grattamacco planted its first roots in the Bolgheri in 1977 and produced its first wine in 1982. Claudio Tipa, who also owns the famed Poggio di Sotto estate in Montalcino Castello and ColleMassari in Montecucco, and Luca Marrone (Parker of Italy), working together with consultant Maurizio Castelli (see Below), are producing wines of great distinction that make up some of the greatest Super Tuscans of our time that showcase and celebrate all that the Bolgheri embodies. Their flagship wine the 2019 Grattamacco Bolgheri Superiore is one of the great wines of this great vintage getting huge 97pts by Parker’s WA and 97pts by the Wine Spectator which comments that this no doubt the finest Grattamacco they have tasted in a decade, #12 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2022 . This wine rivals the great full bodied red wines from around the world. Absolutely glorious!