Winemaker Notes
Campo di Magnacosta is a 1.5-hectare (100% Cabernet Franc) parcel of river gravel and silt on the valley’s bottom, at 400 meters asl, where an old stream ate into a hill (magna: eat; costa: hillside). It was planted over 20 years ago with cuttings from a vineyard in Pomerol where Cabernet Franc has grown for three centuries. Tenuta di Trinoro has been bottling this Campo separately since 2011.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This is one of three single-vineyard expressions made by the talented Mr. Franchetti. The Tenuta di Trinoro 2018 Campo di Magnacosta (with only 1,950 bottles released) is powerful and complex. Campo di Magnacosta is also very elegant, showing a slow and careful approach that takes on volume and latitude as the wine opens aromatically. Give it time. Black fruit, Spanish cedar, charred meat, crushed river stone and exotic spice take center stage. The mouthfeel offers a lot of texture and succulence, but the finish is linear and structured. The wine's length ultimately translates into elegance.
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Wine Enthusiast
Aromas of graphite, cedar and cassis lead the nose on this 100% Cabernet Franc, along with whiffs of dark spice. Enveloping and generous, the full-bodied, concentrated palate also shows finesse, offering baked plum, blackberry jam and mocha framed in tightly knit, velvety tannins. Drink after 2023.
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