We final noticed San Felice’s Bolgheri bottling within the 2017 version. Like that classic, this 2020 is a mix of 95% merlot and 5% cabernet sauvignon. However in contrast to the 2017, this providing is a a lot softer and extra approachable wine, able to drink at present.
Exuberantly fruity however removed from candy, you’d by no means discover this was 15.5% abv out of the gate. Daring cherry and raspberry notes are dusted with violets and anise, giving the fruit some fast intrigue, with a barely dusty barrel-driven high quality creating with somewhat time in glass. The wine is thinner than I anticipated, not simply from a Supertuscan however contemplating the excessive abv and the heaviness of the 2017 expression — and that’s by no means a nasty factor. The floral components of the wine are what linger the longest right here, whereas droplets of strawberry syrup, some tea leaf, and the lightest contact of chocolate add to the equation. The extra I drink it, the extra immersive it appears to turn into.
A / $40 / agricolasanfelice.it
2020 San Felice Bell’aja Bolgheri Superiore DOC
$40
