2020 Marchesi Mazzei Castello di Fonterutoli Siepi Toscana IGT

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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  1/25/2024 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Mazzei's 2020 Siepi is an opaque ruby, 50/50 blend of Merlot and Sangiovese. Tasted over a three-hour interval from a bottle that had been Vinturi-decanted, it requires at least two hours in order to fully showcase its bouquet of black and blue bramble fruits that are flanked with lavender, clove, sage and loamy earth. Full-bodied and with lively acids, it delivers comparable flavors that are supported with plentiful oak and equally plentiful fine-grained tannins. Dense in the middle, it moves on to a lengthy but grippy finish. Give this some time and you will be greatly rewarded. Drink 2027-2040.

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  10/1/2023 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Deep dark reddish garnet in color, bordering on opaque. Initially reticent nose eventually developing into full, fragrant & attractive nose of dark fruit aromas of cherries, black currants, mulberries with overtones of dusty/earthy & cedar/tobacco notes, spices, herbs, leather, dark cocoa & a hint of oak/vanilla. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, rich, ripe dark fruit flavors of cherries, blackberries and boysenberries, spices, herbs, minerals, cocoa & oak/vanilla. Lingering finish. Drinks quite well with decanting & extended airing (90 min+) but needs much more time to develop fully & completely at which time it may merit a higher score (95+).

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  3/21/2023 - Jason Wu Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Dry orange peel, bright red fruit, sharp acidity, nutty notes. Complex and charming!

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  3/6/2023 - RussK wrote: 91 Points

  Liked from the Suckling Tasting. Not over extracted.

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  1/9/2023 - vvWine.ch wrote: 95 Points

  (Assemblage aus 50% Merlot und 50% Sangiovese. Der Merlot wurde am 7. September, der Sangiovese am 21. September gelesen und während 14 bis 18 Tagen vergoren. 18 Monate Barriqueausbau, 70% neues Holz, 4 Monate Reifung in Betontanks. Aufgrund des warmen und trockenen Jahrgangs wurden nur 29’000 Flaschen produziert, 14.5% Alkohol). Rubinrote Farbe. In der Nase zeigt der Siepi 2020 viel Kirsche, Pflaume und Brombeeren, dazu schwarze Schokolade, Lakritze und würzige Noten. Der Gaumen ist zugänglich und weich im Auftakt, knackige Frucht, feinste Tannine, die Frische des Sangiovese harmoniert mit der Rundheit des Merlot, kein Gramm Fett, trotz 14.5% Alkohol, ungemein lebhaft und wiederum viel eleganter, als man es von einem Toskaner erwarten würde. Langer, rotfruchtiger Abgang. Nach dem bezaubernden 2018er und einem umwerfenden 2019er ist auch dieser 2020er vorzüglich gelungen. Ab sofort (Luft geben) bis 2040, 95 vvPunkte www.vvwine.ch

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