Year in, year out, Isole e Olena Cepparello is rated as one of Italy’s best wines. Made from 100% Sangiovese and matured a substantially new French oak barriques, it is a quintessentially Tuscan super-Tuscan. While there is a sheen of polished oak here, there is no question as to the wine’s origin or authenticity.
2008 doesn’t stand as one of the great vintage of the noughties, at least not when measured against the likes of 2001, 2004 and 2006. However, Paolo de Marchi and family made an excellent Cepparello in 2008.
This particular bottle, entering its drinking window, showed extremely well. It was paired with a slow cooked lamb shoulder ragu. The flavours of tomato, fennel seed and olive in the dish were made for high quality Sangiovese, and Cepparello was a nigh perfect match. This wine is proof positive that so-called lesser vintages can deliver plenty of pleasure.
2008 ISOLE E OLENA CEPPARELLO
Producer: Isole e Olena
Variety: Sangiovese
Region: Tuscany, Italy
ABV: 14.5%
Closure: Screw cap
Retail Price: $100.00
Date tasted: 10 September 2017
Tasting Note:
Bright cherry red. Alluring nose of morello cherry, sandalwood, spice and leather. Medium bodied, very suave and polished. Savoury, slightly earthy, well knit – a wine that is very ‘together – everything is in the right place. Absolutely perfect match for gnocchi with a lamb shoulder ragu.
Score: 18.5/20
2008 doesn’t stand as one of the great vintage of the noughties, at least not when measured against the likes of 2001, 2004 and 2006. However, Paolo de Marchi and family made an excellent Cepparello in 2008.
This particular bottle, entering its drinking window, showed extremely well. It was paired with a slow cooked lamb shoulder ragu. The flavours of tomato, fennel seed and olive in the dish were made for high quality Sangiovese, and Cepparello was a nigh perfect match. This wine is proof positive that so-called lesser vintages can deliver plenty of pleasure.
Producer: Isole e Olena
Variety: Sangiovese
Region: Tuscany, Italy
ABV: 14.5%
Closure: Screw cap
Retail Price: $100.00
Date tasted: 10 September 2017
Tasting Note:
Bright cherry red. Alluring nose of morello cherry, sandalwood, spice and leather. Medium bodied, very suave and polished. Savoury, slightly earthy, well knit – a wine that is very ‘together – everything is in the right place. Absolutely perfect match for gnocchi with a lamb shoulder ragu.
Score: 18.5/20
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