Giorgio Meletti Cavallari Bolgheri Superiore Impronte 2019

Cabernet/Bordeaux Blends from Tuscany, Italy
WA 96
JD 96
14.0% ABV
Item # 343826

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96+ points Monica Larner (Wine Advocate): "[$95 list] Made with 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Cabernet Franc, the Giorgio Meletti Cavallari 2019 Bolgheri Superiore Impronte gets its fruit from a steep and inaccessible vineyard parcel (measuring 1.5 hectares) at a breezy 350 meters in elevation with black schistous soils. I've been there and can assure you: It is out of this world. Thick forests stand at the rear and open views onto the glimmering Tyrrhenian Sea open to the front. This is indeed a very special wine with etched black fruit, pencil shaving and crusted stone. The tannins are dusty and dry. With only 5,000 bottles made, Impronte is fermented in cement vats, and the wine is later racked over to barrique for 18 months. Drink: 2023-2038. (Jul 2022)"

96 points Audrey Frick (Jeb Dunnuck): "The 2019 Impronte is a bit more reserved aromatically than the 2020, but it unfolds to reveal complex layers of macchia and Mediterenean herbs, cherry licorice, and leather. It is full bodied but offers restraint, with a lovely, rounded arch of fruit through the mid-palate. It is pure and harmonized between its primary fruits and savory herbs, with salty earth and redcurrant, and has rich concentration without being broad. It is long on the palate and has wonderful sense of place. This stunning wine will be wonderful to revisit over the coming two decades. Drink 2023-2043 (Jan 2023)."

17.5/20 points Jancis Robinson: "70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc. Ageing: 18 months in barriques. Transparent ruby – already looks evolved. Distinctive and lively – there is real life here. I wonder whether it’s organic? Nice savoury, saline touch at the end. Real beginning, middle and end to this wine. Drink: 2022-2032. (Mar 2022)"
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96+ points Monica Larner (Wine Advocate): "[$95 list] Made with 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Cabernet Franc, the Giorgio Meletti Cavallari 2019 Bolgheri Superiore Impronte gets its fruit from a steep and inaccessible vineyard parcel (measuring 1.5 hectares) at a breezy 350 meters in elevation with black schistous soils. I've been there and can assure you: It is out of this world. Thick forests stand at the rear and open views onto the glimmering Tyrrhenian Sea open to the front. This is indeed a very special wine with etched black fruit, pencil shaving and crusted stone. The tannins are dusty and dry. With only 5,000 bottles made, Impronte is fermented in cement vats, and the wine is later racked over to barrique for 18 months. Drink: 2023-2038. (Jul 2022)"

96 points Audrey Frick (Jeb Dunnuck): "The 2019 Impronte is a bit more reserved aromatically than the 2020, but it unfolds to reveal complex layers of macchia and Mediterenean herbs, cherry licorice, and leather. It is full bodied but offers restraint, with a lovely, rounded arch of fruit through the mid-palate. It is pure and harmonized between its primary fruits and savory herbs, with salty earth and redcurrant, and has rich concentration without being broad. It is long on the palate and has wonderful sense of place. This stunning wine will be wonderful to revisit over the coming two decades. Drink 2023-2043 (Jan 2023)."

17.5/20 points Jancis Robinson: "70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc. Ageing: 18 months in barriques. Transparent ruby – already looks evolved. Distinctive and lively – there is real life here. I wonder whether it’s organic? Nice savoury, saline touch at the end. Real beginning, middle and end to this wine. Drink: 2022-2032. (Mar 2022)"
Product SKU 343826
Producer Giorgio Meletti Cavallari
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Varietal Cabernet/Bordeaux Blends
Designation Super Tuscan
Vintage 2019
Size 750ml
Color Red
Blend 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc
ABV 14.0%
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