Greetings!
Angelo Gaja created the Ca’Marcanda winery in Tuscany back in 1996, then did something you would not expect, he planted it with international grape varietals. The wine we have today is made from 70% Cabernet Sauvignon & 30% Cabernet Franc; just enough Cabernet Franc to add minerality.
I can tell you first hand this wine needs more time to fully integrate in the bottle, right now I would call it a “two day wine”, meaning open it on a Monday and it will be drinking well on a Tuesday.
Lush, ripe and balanced on the palate with brooding dark berry flavors and a vein of acidity holding it all tightly together with a touch of minerality on the textured finish. This is an impressive wine.
Review:
The Ca' Marcanda estate does not make a Bolgheri Superiore, although this bottle would qualify as such. The 2018 Bolgheri Rosso Camarcanda is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, and you definitely feel those full-throttle varietal aromas with big intensity and clarity. Spicy greenness comes forward as grilled rosemary and lavender essence, but the wine boasts nice depth and dimension, and enough textual richness to smooth it all out. This was a slightly cooler vintage with some sporadic rain showers throughout the summer. These conditions might explain the sharper side of those Cabernet aromas. As the wine moves over the palate, it reveals more substantial aromas of black fruit, spice and baker's chocolate. This vintage is slightly thinner than the hot 2017 expression before it and the classic 2016. However, this wine should certainly play forward positively in terms of its aging potential.
-Wine Advocate 95 Points
Dense and fluid at once, this red delivers plum, black cherry, licorice, olive, bay leaf and spice flavors. Ripe and balanced, with a lingering, spicy, tobacco-tinged aftertaste. Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2023 through 2033. 1,500 cases made, 225 cases imported. — BS
-Wine Spectator 95 Points
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Cheers,
Mike Good
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