Castello dei Rampolla - d'Alceo 2008
Castello dei Rampolla - d'Alceo 2008
Toscana IGT
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Petit Verdot
Information
Cultivation: near to nature
Aging: 12-15 months in barrique
Bottle aging: 18-24 months
Volume: 75 cl
Cellaring potential: 2028+
Tasting notes
The 2008 d’Alceo is a huge, inward, brooding wine. Plums, black cherries, camphor, incense and smoke emerge over time, but only with great reluctance. The 2008 is going to require considerable patience, but it is shaping up to be an absolute jewel. The d’Alceo is a wine of notable depth and purity, but it is very closed down at the moment. Dark red fruit, flowers, mint, spices, tar, cassis, graphite and camphor linger on the huge, structured finish. This is a towering effort from the Di Napoli family. 96+/100 (06.2012) - robertparker.com
