Winemaker Notes
The wine displays a black cherry red color with violet shades. The nose is very complex with intense aromas of black fruit intermixed with hints of garrigue herbs and spicy flavors. The wine exhibits soft and round tannins on the palate.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2023 Gabbro, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, is shaping up to a gem. Aromatic, savory and bursting with varietal character, the 2023 has it all. The style is one of tension and focus, with less of the opulence proprietor Fabio Chiarelotto preferred in his early days. Then again, the Tuscan coast provides plenty of textural intensity of its own. Cool blue-toned fruits, lavender, licorice, spicebox and a kick of blood orange are all beautifully delineated. Gabbro remains one of the most distinctive wines in all of Italy.
Barrel Sample: 95-97 -
James Suckling
A pure cabernet sauvignon from Suvereto on the Tuscan coast showing vivid aromas of rose stems and hints of green tobacco, graphite and currant bush. Medium-bodied with linear and vertical tannins that give the wine drive and tension. Firm and racy at the end. Needs three or four years to come together.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The estate’s top single-vineyard wine, the Montepeloso 2023 Gabbro is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, fermented in stainless steel and aged in oak with 65% new wood. Delicate and contemplative in style, it reveals green herb and curry spice up front, followed by dark fruit and blackcurrant on the back end. The vineyard is planted to galestro clay schist over one hectare at 150 meters in elevation, a site that naturally emphasizes aromatic definition and mineral tension. Medium- to full-bodied, the wine’s lifted green note adds height and length to the palate, extending the finish rather than weighing it down.
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.