this offers good potential for drinking over the next decade – but no further

A very dark

finishing very long

Gaja’s Langhe wines incorporate a small percentage of Barbera

(91-94)/2028+

Antinori (Guado Tasso), Matarocchio Vintage:2021 this offers good potential for2011 was a bit of a crazy season; September saw milder weather together with sporadic precipitation, which allowed the Cabernet Franc to complete the final ripening phase in a uniform fashion. This is confirmed by an incredible intensity of colour and extraction (30 days with fermentation and maceration) after five days of cold soak, before malolactic fermentation in 100% new French barrique. A restrained, sweet tobacco aroma dominates the nose,