Cipriana Vigna Scopaio 339 Bolgheri Rosso 2020

Drink it now or cellar for up to 10 years. No need to decant it but best to open it half an hour before service.

La Cipriana winery, a historic company in the Bolgheri production area, is located near the village of Castagneto Carducci. Here in the 8 hectares of vineyards of the property, the Fabiani brothers produce two Rosso Bolgheri, a Bolgheri Superiore, a Vermentino Bolgheri, and a Bolgheri Rosato, all with Controlled Designation of Origin. The Bolgheri Superiore wine, which bears the name of the famous Carducci poem "San Martino ”, is produced with Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot grapes, while the other reds are based on Cabernet Sauvignon with the addition of variable percentages of Merlot and Syrah.

The harvest of Cabernet grapes is manual. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in concrete vats, at a controlled temperature for about two weeks, and is then followed by maceration on the skins for a total of 15 days. This is followed by aging in barriques and tonneau for a variable period of about 10 months. The label, created by the local painter Andrea Carciola, represents the small house that rises within the vineyard.

The wine is intense, round, and fragrant, with spicy and persuasive notes. In the mouth, it is dry and full of hints of small black and red fruits. It is enveloping and warm with strong but ripe tannins. Have it with a Florentine steak or with Pappardelle with wild boar ragu.