2022 Le Macchiole Bolgheri Rosso
The Wine Advocate
RP 93
Reviewed by: Monica Larner
Release Price: $40
Drink Date: 2024 - 2030 ⇒飲み頃に入っています
The Le Macchiole 2022 Bolgheri Rosso is currently on the market with a new vintage arriving soon. The 2022 growing season was hot and dry. In comparison, 2023 was hot with more rain toward the end of the season. This expression shows terrific fruit definition and firmness, with present but mild tannins at the back, and unexpected freshness that does the trick. The blend is Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah that sees a quick 12 days of skin maceration and is partially aged in cement and partially in oak.
I was granted a preview taste of Cinzia Merli's top three reds—Scrio, Paleo and Messorio. They will be released in one year's time.
Published: Feb 14, 2025
2020 Le Macchiole Messorio
The Wine Advocate
RP 96
Reviewed by: Monica Larner
Release Price: $300
Drink Date: 2025 - 2048
Made with Merlot, the 2020 Messorio is a profound and richly textured wine that has become one of vintner Cinza Merli's flagships. Ripe fruit, dark cherry, oak spice and toast converge with balanced intensity to characterize this generous expression from Tuscany. The issue with Merlot, especially in a hot vintage such as this, is ripeness or, specifically, over-ripeness. Messorio navigates a challenging growing season with flying colors.
Published: Jun 01, 2023
2020 Le Macchiole Paleo
The Wine Advocate
RP 96
Reviewed by:Monica Larner
Release Price:$160
Drink Date:2025 - 2048
One of Italy's best Cabernet Francs, the Le Macchiole 2020 Paleo is very dense and richly concentrated with a level of dark fruit that can only be chipped at and broken down by slow cellar aging. Paleo is always a wine for the long haul. The oak needs time to integrate and find focus. Even at this young stage, the quality of the tannins and the spot-on fruit ripeness is convincing. A note of sweet cherry, exotic spice and dark chocolate make for a long send-off.
Published: Jun 01, 2023
2013 Le Macchiole Scrio
Reviewed by Monica Larner
Issue Date 29th Oct 2016
Source 227, The Wine Advocate
Rating 96 points
Release Price $175
Drink Date 2017 - 2035
The 2013 Scrio is an opulent, generous and engaging wine. It reveals an
all-Syrah personality with ample layers of dark fruit, blackberry, spice,
cured meat, leather and bacon fat. Its integration is absolutely
seamless. Scrio is dark and impenetrable in terms of appearance and
presentation. The bouquet and the mouthfeel are long and luscious. You
can count the length of the finish in many, many long seconds. Only
5,000 bottles are made. In terms of its aging potential, this Tuscan
Syrah has the inner energy to last two decades or more.
2005 Le Macchiole Messorio
Reviewed by Antonio Galloni
Issue Date 30th Jun 2008
Source 177, The Wine Advocate
Rating: 93points ←素晴らしい評価です
Drink Date :2009 - 2017
Release Price :$330
Initially somewhat restrained, the 2005 Messorio opens up with time in the glass, showing an array of dark fruit, plums, licorice and truffles, with sweet, silky-textured tannins. Even though this is a somewhat slender Messorio in relative terms, it has all the qualities of first-class Merlot. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2017.
1999 Messorio
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 31st Dec 2002
Source 144, The Wine Advocate
Rating 98points
Drink Date 2009 - 2019
Release Price $76
The awesome, saturated purple-colored 1999 Messorio is a 100% Merlot aged 18 months in French oak prior to being bottled without filtration. The alcohol is a lofty 14.6% and the dry extract number is about the highest technically I have ever seen. The first vintage of this cuvee was 1995, so it is still an infant in terms of how well it develops in the bottle. However, the 1999 is packed and stacked. Aromas of cola, coffee, blackberries, and intense black cherry jam interspersed with mocha, licorice, and pain grille characteristics are followed by a massive wine with great precision, purity, concentration, and length. I don't want to get too carried away since only 4,000 bottles were produced, but this is a riveting example of what can be achieved on the Tuscan coastline. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2019.