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Ilatraia 2011 75cl

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92 Robert Parker
The 2011 Ilatraia represents a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. The wine opens to a beautifully saturated garnet color with dark intensity and a bold appearance. The nose matches the intensity of the wine's outer appearance with thick fruit layers and bursting blackberry. That pretty fruit core is embellished with delicate notes of spice, leather, tobacco and grilled herb. The wine shows fine tannins at the back with stern power and determination to match. This wine should hold well for a decade or more.  Barbara Widmer's Brancaia offers a stunning set of new releases with wines from some of the best recent vintages including 2010 and 2013. If you are a Brancaia fan, as am I, you should not miss these wines.
92 Wine Spectator
The cherry and strawberry fruit is bright, with leather and sweet spice accents. This is firm, revealing finesse and a rich texture with air. Dense tannins show on the finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2015 through 2023. 1,200 cases imported. –BS
16 Rene Gabriel
Sangiovese. Aufhellendes, verwässertes Rubin. Offenes, erdiges Bouquet, kompottige Fruchtansätze, Hagebutten. Im Gaumen schlank und süsslich, es sind Spuren von überreifem Traubengut in Form von Rosinen vorhanden, elegantes, leicht mehliges Finale. Man hätte von einem 2011er da wohl etwas mehr erwartet. Es scheinen auch nicht mehr viel weitere Reserven dabei zu sein 16/20 trinken – 2020
Producer
Brancaia
Swiss couple, Brigitte and Bruno Widmer own 75-hectares of vineyards that make up La Brancaia estate. Split among three properties, there is Brancaia from Castellina in Chianti, Poppi from Radda in Chianti, and once again, Brancaia in Maremma from Grosseto. Each land-holding is similarly planted with Sangiovese and French varieties, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Viognier and Marsanne. The three unique plots are united by one thing, the same devoted team of individuals that are always working to achieve greater grape quality. Today, La Brancaia is managed by the Widmer’s daughter, Barbara and her husband, Martin Kronenberg. The estate continues to flourish making four new wooded reds, and one unoaked fresh white.