Isole Olena, Collezione Marchi Cabernet Sauvignon

Isole Olena, Collezione Marchi Cabernet SauvignonA pretty red, displaying cherry, strawberry, tobacco and cedar flavors. Allied to a firm structure, with a mix of fruit and spice on the lingering finish. Drink now through 2018. 380 cases made. BS

all wrapped in a subtly stony and sneaky long finish

Grapefruit

This is also wonderfully complex with its effusively spicy nose that combines a broad array of aromas that include game

(50+ year old vines raised in 15% new wood)

the lack of a new Monfortino might be good or bad news

with plenty of youthful tannins and tons of intensity

What a knockout

Fleshes out with air while maintaining liveliness and finishes bright

tomato aftertaste

punch and intensity on the rustic and ever-so-slightly warm finish

Great care was required to keep the leaves and the clusters healthy

full-bodied and quite serious broad-shouldered flavors also possess first-rate mid-palate concentration along with evident minerality on the driving and powerful if less refined finish