2011 d'Alceo Vino da Tavola Castello dei Rampolla

This is very firm and dense with fantastic structure and a superb depth of fruit and silky tannins. Full body showing a core of ripe fruit featuring currants and blackberries. Minerals and fresh mushrooms to add. Better in 2018.

The 2011 d'Alceo, tasted from tank just prior to bottling, is shaping up to be magnificent. Blackberry jam, white flowers and fragrant spices saturate the palate in a stunning wine endowed with superb pedigree and class. It is so rare to find a wine that combines this level of ripeness and acidity, without feeling heavy at all. The 2011 clocks in a 14.6% in alcohol and a whopping 6.4% acidity, a balance of elements that is exceedingly rare. Once again, picking early was the key. What a gorgeous wine! 2019 - 2031.

The 2011 D'Alceo is a stunning blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon with 15% Petit Verdot. The bouquet is perfumed and enticing with dark rose, cherry fruit, spice, leather, cola, grilled herb and so much more. Fruit comes from a six-hectare single vineyard (whereas fruit for the Sanmarco represents a special selection from various vineyards.) The intensity and purity is what sets this wine part. Both are impeccable. In the mouth, D'Alceo feels long, linear and meaningful. Castello dei Rampolla practices biodynamic farming.

The 2011 d'aleco is an outstanding showing from Castello dei Rampolla. This alluring red displays an impressive dark, opaque color with gorgeous aromas of ripe black fruits, floral, graphite, smoke and spices all bursting from the glass. Full-bodied and beautifully balanced with remarkable structure and depth all the way into the long, expansive finish. Overall the 2011 d'Aleco is a completely compelling wine which is already quite expressive, nonetheless it is still an age-worthy wine which will be best after a few more years of bottle age. (Best 2020- 2036).

Packed with blackberry and black currant flavors, this offers iron, tobacco and oak spice details. Features grippy tannins and a light bitter note on the finish. Long and fresh. Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Best from 2018 through 2027. 125 cases imported. -BS