Grattamacco Bolgheri Superiore DOC - Podere Grattamacco - 2020

75 cl

Robert Parker: 97 points

Alcohol content: 14.5% vol.

Grape varieties: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 15% Sangiovese

Vinification:

The wine comes from vineyards located between 100 and 200 metres above sea level, with soils of calcareous sandstone and white clay mixed with marly limestone flysch. The climate is Mediterranean and is tempered by frequent sea breezes. Viticulture, based on environmentally friendly methods and principles, enables a spontaneous productive balance with low yields per hectare. The grapes are harvested by hand and carefully selected from vineyards with an average age of 25 years. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in open, truncated cone-shaped oak barrels with a capacity of 700 litres, with gentle and repeated manual punching down, which allows a long maceration and a slow release of the noble and fully ripe tannins. The wine was aged in barriques for 18 months and bottled in October 2021.

Tasting note:

The Grattamacco - a typical representative of its region of origin - opens up a wide range of nuances and flavour impressions.
The full-bodied wine always remains elegant. Fine bouquet with notes of black fruit, wild strawberry, tobacco, smoke, hints of coffee and complex spice flavours such as rosemary and pepper. The flavour is long-lasting, harmonious and wonderfully balanced. Very full-bodied on the palate, broad and yet with silky tannins. Lots of juicy freshness and a long, lingering finish round off this fine wine.

Podere Grattamacco:

The new owner of the winery is Cladudio Tipa, who also owns Colle Massari. The estate between Castagneto Carducci and Bolgheri has 14 hectares of vineyards planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Vermentino and Sangiovese as well as three hectares of olive trees. Grattamacco has been one of the top wineries around Bolgheri for years.

Spoilt by plenty of sunshine, cooled by sometimes strong sea breezes and yet supplied with sufficient rain, Tuscan vines on barren limestone, clay and sandstone soils and various mixtures thereof produce outstanding qualities that wine lovers all over the world rave about.