2017 Sammarco, Castello dei Rampolla, IGT Tuscany
If you enjoy Tignanello, you'll love this!
Sublime and elegant, with wild flowers, dark red fruits, cedar and spice notes intermingling with vibrant acidity and full fine tannins.
2017 Sammarco, Castello dei Rampolla, IGT Tuscany
If you enjoy Tignanello, you'll love this!
Sublime and elegant, with wild flowers, dark red fruits, cedar and spice notes intermingling with vibrant acidity and full fine tannins.
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and a tiny part Sangiovese, the 2017 Sammarco is lush, generous and soft. This wine captures the spirit of generosity and richness that characterizes this sunny vintage. It reveals softer lines and more pliant contours compared to some of the cooler vintages of the past, and you get a generous down pouring of dark fruit, dried blackberry, cinnamon spice and cured leather or tobacco. The tannins are quite robust, but the wine also shows an immediate and accessible approach that distinguishes this growing season. You might notice that my review for the 2016 vintage is missing. That’s because the 2016 vintage will be released after 2017 when that older wine has benefitted from more cellaring.
95 Points / Drinking 2022 - 2040
By Monica Larner / September 2020
Vinous
The 2017 Sammarco is heady, exotic and totally beautiful. It is also not anywhere near ready to show all it’s got. Iron, smoke, red cherry fruit, leather, blood orange and spice are some of the many notes that infuse the 2017 with layers of complexity. Firm, muscular tannins are going to need time to soften. Even so, the 2017 is a rare Sammarco that will require only minimal cellaring, which is why the estate decided to release it ahead of the 2016.
95 Points / Drinking 2022 - 2037
By Antonio Galloni / September 2020
Vinous
The 2017 Sammarco is heady, exotic and totally beautiful. It is also not anywhere near ready to show all it’s got. Iron, smoke, red cherry fruit, leather, blood orange and spice are some of the many notes that infuse the 2017 with layers of complexity. Firm, muscular tannins are going to need time to soften. Even so, the 2017 is a rare Sammarco that will require only minimal cellaring, which is why the estate decided to release it ahead of the 2016.
95 Points / Drinking 2022 - 2037
By Antonio Galloni / September 2020