Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore DOC - Guado al Tasso

The elegant Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore from the house of Guado al Tasso shimmers into the glass with a bright purple-red hue. With a slight tilt, the Bordeaux glass reveals a charming brick tone at the rim. If you give it some air by swirling it in the glass, you can perceive a first-class balance in this red wine, as it appears on the glass walls neither watery nor syrupy or liqueur-like. In the glass, this red wine from Guado al Tasso offers aromas of damsons, plums, morello cherries, black cherries and mulberries, complemented by black tea, vanilla and cocoa bean. Guado al Tasso Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore delights with its elegantly dry flavor profile. It was bottled with exceptionally little residual sugar. As one would naturally expect from a wine in the icon wine segment, this Italian, despite all its dryness, enchants with the finest balance. Aroma does not necessarily need a lot of sugar. On the palate, the texture of this well-balanced red wine presents itself as wonderfully creamy, velvety, fleshy and dense. The finish of this excellently age-worthy red wine from the winegrowing region of Tuscany, more precisely from Bolgheri DOC, ultimately impresses with an exceptional length. The aftertaste is also accompanied by mineral notes from the soils dominated by sand and loess.

Vinification of Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore from Guado al Tasso

The basis for the balanced Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore from Tuscany consists of grapes from the Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot varieties. The grapes grow close to the sea in Tuscany. Here, the vines drive their roots deep into soils of sand and loess. Due to the moderating influence of the nearby sea, the grapes ripen more slowly and develop greater aromatic complexity. Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore is an Old World wine through and through, as this Italian exudes an exceptional European charm that clearly underlines the success of wines from the Old World. A very strong influence on the ripening of the grapes is also exerted by the fact that the Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes thrive under the influence of a warm climate. This results, among other things, in particularly well-ripened grapes and a rather high alcohol content in the wine. At the point of optimal ripeness, the grapes for Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore are harvested exclusively by hand, without the use of rough, less selective mechanical harvesters. After the harvest, the grapes are brought to the winery as quickly as possible. There they are selected and gently crushed. Fermentation then takes place in small wooden barrels at controlled temperatures. After fermentation is complete, Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore is aged for another 28 months in barriques and new French oak. This barrel aging is followed by a long period of bottle maturation, which makes this red wine even more complex.

Food recommendation for Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore from Guado al Tasso

This Italian red wine is best enjoyed at a temperature of 15 - 18°C. It is the perfect companion to ossobuco, goose breast with ginger red cabbage and marjoram, or arugula penne.

Awards for Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore from Guado al Tasso

This wine from Bolgheri DOC not only excites us, but well-known wine journalists have also awarded it 90 points and more. Among the reviews for the 2000 vintage are

• Bibenda (Duemilavini) - 5 grapes
• Falstaff - 91 points
• Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar - 93 points
• Wine Spectator - 93 points
• Wine & Spirits Magazine - 93 points

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