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Not pure cab, but I was impressed by Bruciato from Guado al Tasso (Antinori), at a lot less $
Bruciato means "Burned" in Italian FYI. An interesting name for a wine. Hard to say what it refers to,
Rick
There was some folklore-ish story about the name which I quickly forgot. The wine doesn't need a story
I was looking for why the "Bruciato" and didn't find anything but I did find this which is very interesting and a historical perspective of the area in Bolgheri. I think Pietro Antinori doesn't get the recognition of say an Angelo Gaja but in my opinion it was Pietro that started the whole Super Tuscan trend in Toscana. Wine Strategies can weigh in on this for more perspective.
Translated into English, “Guado al Tasso” means “Badger Ford”—sounds like an Australian winery! Perhaps it would have been better to just leave it mysterious. Anyway, the “Ford” is located in Bolgheri (pronounced BOWL-ga-ree), a Tuscan coastal village that has become famous as the home of renowned wineries such as Sassicaia and Ornellaia. The Guado al Tasso estate, run by Piero Antinori, has been in his mother’s family for centuries and was once more than 10,000 acres. Today it is 2500 acres that spread from the seashore up into the hills. Piero’s mother’s sister married Mario Incisa della Rocchetta; the couple received the Sassicaia estate as part of the dowry. In classic Italian fashion, the Guado al Tasso estate is not just wine. Wheat, barley and oats are planted, along with olive groves and forest where they raise free-range pigs. Bolgheri was known for rosé wines until the 1970s, when Sassicaia became world famous as part of the Super Tuscan phenomenon. Guado al Tasso first produced wines of the 1990 vintage and soon became one of the big names in the region. As if the Antinori name wasn’t big enough there already, Piero’s brother Lodovico started Ornellaia, and his cousin is over at Sassicaia. In 1994 the area was given its own DOC based on Bordeaux varietals, in an effort to standardize the concept of Super Tuscan. The 2014 Guado al Tasso Il Bruciato is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 15% Syrah. To increase the fruit aromatics, part of the Merlot and Syrah is fermented separately at lower page 6 D’Amico winery has a dramatic setting near the town of Orvieto. In the cellar at Guado al Tasso, you can’t miss the Antinori name. page 7 temperatures. The wine doesn’t have the sweetness that I find in California wines. With this vintage there is more earth and leather. Try this wine with a Tuscan T-Bone and live like an Italian.
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RE: Smoking Deals at Wine Retailers - 
My wine glass rack is stocked with Riedel Bordeaux / Cab Vinum and Spiegelau Hybrid Burgundy stems. I recently broke one or each ( 
) so I figured why not grab a couple GGGs?
Most of my buying is in lower price ranges, and if I'm going to "splurge" on a $30-50 bottle, Napa cab just doesn't generally make my shopping list. I'm much more likely to either 1) buy locally from the couple of wineries I have built some history with (e.g. Tercero, Croma Vera) or 2) look for something distinctive from Rioja, Piedmont, Taurasi, the Rhone, Germany, or any number of other places. I like cab, and I don't have anything in particular against Napa...but CT tells me it's been three years (!) since I last bought a last bottle from there, so there you go.
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