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CASTELLO DI BOLGHERI

Bolgheri Superiore

2009

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot,Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot

This vineyard is located between the widely known and praised vineyards of

Sassicaia and Ornellaia and drinks as well ,

at a third of the price!

93 Points The Wine Spectator!

"The sweet black currant and black cherry fruit flavors are framed by cedar, licorice and saline mineral elements in this rich, supple red. Displays plenty of structure, with the firm tannins buried by ample flesh. Fine length. Best from 2014 through 2024. 1,650 cases made."–BS

* 3 Glass Award Winner!

* 93 Points James Suckling

"I like the aromas of walnuts and blackberries with hints of coffee beans. Full body, with soft and velvety tannins and a delicious sweet berry aftertaste. Delicious now. But will improve with age in the bottle."

Our Thoughts………

 The nose is very aromatic with a real savory bent on the tones of dark red fruits, spice tones, roasted herbs, red florals, and some bits of cedar. Full bodied with medium/high acidity and some very chewy fine tannins. The structure is fairly imposing, but there are very good and savory tones of dark red fruits, roasted herbs, red florals, and cedar.

Regularly $ 59.99

Special Private Sale Price Tonight

Only $48.00 a bottle

and if you buy 6 or more bottles the

price drops to $44.00!!!!

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Bolgheri - The History

The origin of Castello di Bolgheri date back to the 1200’s and is in it’s30th  generation of uninterrupted ownership. Mario Incisa della Rocchetta planted the first Cabernet vineyard in Castiglioncello di Bolgheri in 1944. The first bottle of Sassicaia, with the same label we know today, appeared in 1968.

The DOC certification for the red wine came only in 1994, la storia consorzio bolgheri docand regulates Bolgheri Superiore and Bolgheri Sassicaia wines, as the first example of Italian cru. It took many years to recognize that the brilliant insight of the Marquis Incisa had created a unique phenomenon in the history of Italian wine: that phenomenon which makes Bolgheri wines a full and grand expression of terroir, wines which are deeply linked to the soil and climate of their territory.

Wines with an original and personal character and raced, the most famous of which are the result of a perfect adaptation of the Bordeaux grape varieties to the Bolgheri climate, a Mediterranean expression of Cabernet and Merlot, which is just as fascinating as the Atlantic expression offered in their original territories. The vocation to greatness though, is also expressed with the traditional autochthonous Sangiovese and Vermentino varieties, which are still very common in the area.

Sassicaia is among the greatest wines in the world, but it is not alone. Starting already in the 1980s, other producers, who are also famous now, joined together with the "legend" to prove that the entire territory, and not just one wine, is "great." The area covered by the DOC Bolgheri certification has expanded rapidly in the last ten years, going from 250 hectares at the end of the 90s, to 960 hectares today.