2019 Grattamacco Bolgheri Superiore

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 94 points

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  3/29/2024 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Interesting aromas of pencil shavings (heavy on the lead), damp earth, new oak, stoney/metallic minerals and black fruits. Full bodied, this is rich and very dense with a thick wall of high quality tannin. Beautifully delineated, this is classy and elegant with restrained and focused power. Excellent! This is a baby in need of several years in the cellar. Such purity of fruit. Drink 2029-2039+ 96+

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  2/12/2024 - Rixley Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Enjoyed at a restaurant in Lucca, Italy.
  A little young, but was great when popped and poured and allowed to breathe!.
  A really nice choice when trying to be cost consciousness about super mdddaqnw . Was wonderful!

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  11/16/2023 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  One off ($89.99) from Costco several months ago. On the nose and palate, mild to moderate notes of black currants, blackberries, plums and to a lesser extent, black cherries, earthy herbality, cedar, and lighter notes of anise, tobacco and forest floor. Impenetrably purple black, medium to full bodied, medium legs. Racy acidity, potent but not inhospitable tannins, no heat. Good+ complexity, VG+ persistence and intensity. It had been a NY resolution of sfwl to try to drink more young cabs and BDX blends (I mean, for me at this point, 2013 is a young wine), but as we approach the end of this year, I only seem to have incrementally tried to do so, and in the case of this particular bottling, have done so because, after paying what had seemed to be a surprisingly high price for this—until I comparison shopped and noticed everywhere else was even worse—I stumbled onto 3 improperly priced bottles ($50@!), and I was curious, if skeptical, to try this in light of TNs. My results were mixed, incrementally better than expected, if a bit less than could have been hoped. This is pretty shy and primary off the pour, with the fruit mostly hiding behind the tannins and acidity, even if the end product isn’t displeasing. It took a full 3.5 hours on night #1 for this to really come out, and even then, this felt a lot closer to the Rauzan Segla than the Ovid of the past week (or even a Guado or an Ornellaia for that matter). This continued to deepen and soften on night #2 so that, like the Rauzan, the last glass was solidly best, approaching if not at a 95. Still, I have no doubt that this cuvees bottling’s best days are still to come, probably 5+ years out, and I’d encourage those holding, unless you have multiple bottles, to put these somewhere cool and dark with mondo trazadone and let them settle into a good sleep. Much more of a food wine at this point—as it may or may not be in the future—this was quite great with spaghetti and meatballs, not so much with sushi (before you nominate me for the year’s dumbest pouring, know that I had a half bottle of this going into the sushi, which hadn’t been planned, and an early flight this (11/17) morning, and I had no intention of burning the remainder, let alone uncorking a new bottle of white). The scores for this wine seem to be taking potential into account more than where it is now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if my score rises a couple of points in the years to come. 93-94++

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  10/6/2023 - AKC Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Rich wine with layers of structure and complexity. Probably needs at least another year or two before it should be opened. Great depth of flavour with intense and long fruit flavours. The tannins have a drying effect but are integrated and the structure produces a very balanced wine. The wine has style and strength

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  10/1/2023 - Blue Jay Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Beautiful blend of blackberries, blueberries, leather and menthol with soft tannins.

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