Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This wine represents a historic joint venture between Tuscan producer Castello di Querceto and importer Empson USA. The 2019 Cignale is a richly concentrated blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon complemented with 10% Merlot that ages in French oak for 18 months. This wine offers plenty of black fruit, blackberry, soft spice and tobacco. The wine's flavor profile shows the pretty intensity and balance that this vintage is known for.
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James Suckling
Chili chocolate to the ripe berries, red cherries, plums and fine olives. This is juicy and refined on the palate with tightly knit tannins and a complex and lengthy finish. A lot to like here now. Cabernet sauvignon and merlot. Already very approachable, but will keep well in the next six to seven years.
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Wine Enthusiast
The nose is rich with dense, juicy aromas of blackberries, figs and pomegranate syrup, but fresh, lively undertones of mint, sage, salt and pepper provide balance. On the palate, a whipping, oceanic salinity lifts that minty herbaceousness over more pomegranates and blackberries, creating a mouthfeel that’s smooth and streamlined, but with gravitas.
Legendary in Italy for its Renaissance art and striking landscape, Tuscany is also home to many of the country’s best red wines. Sangiovese reigns supreme here, as either the single varietal, or a dominant player, in almost all of Tuscany’s best.
A remarkable Chianti, named for its region of origin, will have a bright acidity, supple tannins and plenty of cherry fruit character. From the hills and valleys surrounding the medieval village of Montalcino, come the distinguished and age-worthy wines based on Brunello (Sangiovese). Earning global acclaim since the 1970s, the Tuscan Blends are composed solely of international grape varieties or a mix of international and Sangiovese. The wine called Vine Nobile di Montepulciano, composed of Prognolo Gentile (Sangiovese) and is recognized both for finesse and power.