2019 Sammarco, Castello dei Rampolla, IGT Tuscany

Italy Tuscany

Tasting note

Sublime and elegant, with wild flowers, dark red fruits, cedar and spice notes intermingling with vibrant acidity and full fine tannins.

Our thoughts

Panzano is unquestionably one of the great communes of Chianti, with such perfect conditions that it boasts a huge number of estates certified as organic. The idiosyncratic Rampolla doesn’t worry about any such certification, since it is adamant that not a single drop of herbicide or fertiliser has touched its soils in the 300 years it has been farming them. Vines were planted in the 1960s, and the estate went biodynamic in the ‘90s. While Rampolla is best known for its Chiantis, this blend of 65% Cabernet, 30% Merlot and 5% Sangiovese is a fantastic food wine – herbal, wild, with some grip, reflecting the rustic yet authentic vibe of this venerable property.

2019 Sammarco, Castello dei Rampolla, IGT Tuscany

Tasting note

Sublime and elegant, with wild flowers, dark red fruits, cedar and spice notes intermingling with vibrant acidity and full fine tannins.

Our thoughts

Panzano is unquestionably one of the great communes of Chianti, with such perfect conditions that it boasts a huge number of estates certified as organic. The idiosyncratic Rampolla doesn’t worry about any such certification, since it is adamant that not a single drop of herbicide or fertiliser has touched its soils in the 300 years it has been farming them. Vines were planted in the 1960s, and the estate went biodynamic in the ‘90s. While Rampolla is best known for its Chiantis, this blend of 65% Cabernet, 30% Merlot and 5% Sangiovese is a fantastic food wine – herbal, wild, with some grip, reflecting the rustic yet authentic vibe of this venerable property.

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Italy Tuscany
£71.00 (Bottle)
Producer Castello dei Rampolla
Region Tuscany
Country Italy
Grape Variety Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2019
Colour Red
ABV 14.00%
Style Full , Dry , Powerful

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Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of (organic and biodynamic) Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sangiovese, the 2019 Sammarco is more austere and even robust compared to the punchier style prized throughout this portfolio. This is a firmly grounded wine, with a bigger baseline of aromas, spanning black fruit, baked plum, spice, tobacco and crushed limestone. You feel the natural concentration of the 2019 vintage and beautifully managed tannins in this wine. This is a release of 25,837 bottles and 292 magnums.

96 Points / Drinking 2025 - 2048

By Monica Larner / September 2023

Vinous

The 2019 Sammarco is a very pretty, elegant wine with gorgeous aromatic intensity from the Cabernet Sauvignon that makes up the majority of the blend this year. Sweet pipe tobacco, cedar, mint, dried cherry, incense and crushed leaves lend notable aromatic presence to this young, nascent Sammarco. Time in the glass brings out striking inner perfume and sweetness. In 2019, Sammarco is more finesse than power.

94 Points / Drinking 2027 - 2039

By Antonio Galloni / August 2023