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95 Robert Parker
The 2012 Bolgheri Superiore Guado Al Tasso is a wine to fall in love with at first sight. This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot offers enormous fullness and generosity that accompanies all the senses. The effect is seamless with thick extraction and richness that is contrasted against the tonic freshness of the fruit. The wine is creamy, soft and enduring. You can count on this vintage to age ten years or more.  Tenuta Guado al Tasso has produced three new wines in virtual secrecy. In fact, I only found out about them because I was having my morning cappuccino at the local enoteca in Bolgheri one morning and noticed them on the shelves. I immediately sent an SMS to Marchesi Antinori general manager Renzo Cotarella to ask why he had not submitted these wines for review. He replied that they are experimental wines (made in very small production numbers), and are therefore impossible to locate in foreign markets. Understandably, he did not want to generate market confusion for wines that are - for all intensive purposes - impossible to find. The three wines are as follows: A delightful Vermentino named Camillo, a Provençal-styled Rosé called Gherardo and a pure expression of Syrah named Walfredo (that I did not review here because I tasted it during an informal dinner setting). All three wines are spectacular and I enthusiastically call upon the Antinori family to offer these wines in wider release (especially the Walfredo that is immaculate). I was really blown away by these discoveries.
95 Wine Spectator
Alluring violet, black currant, blackberry, wild herb, spice and mineral aromas coat the dense underlying structure at first, but the latter emerges as this cruises to a long conclusion. Shows excellent balance and expression of fruit and place. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2018 through 2033. 1,200 cases imported.—B.S.
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Antinori - Tenuta Guado al Tasso
Le long de la côte sauvage de la Toscane, royaume de la biodiversité, Guado al Tasso se classe parmi les producteurs vedettes de la DOC Bolgheri. Surplombant la Mer Tyrrhénienne sur quatre kilomètres, la « cantina » se trouve à Maremme, à une heure au sud de la célèbre ville de Pise. Non content de s’inscrire dans le portefeuille étoffé d’exploitations de haute volée appartenant à l’illustre famille Antinori, ce domaine lui sert aussi de lieu de villégiature estival. Sur plus de 600 hectares de terres, la propriété recouvre à la fois des vignes et des zones boisées, qui contrastent avec les plages toutes proches et mettent en valeur la faune et la flore indigènes. La « tenuta » élabore deux merveilleux vins blancs, un rosé et plusieurs rouges de première classe. Guado al Tasso s’oriente de plus en plus vers le style bordelais en rouge, ayant davantage recours aux grands contenants en bois et moins au bois neuf. Le porte-étendard du domaine, Guado al Tasso, exprime les caractéristiques puissantes de la haute Maremme, compensées par une élégance et une finesse d’ensemble. Le second vin, Il Bruciato, incarne la même philosophie d’excellence mais se montre néanmoins accessible, aux arômes discrets d’épices et à la longue finale agréable sur le fruit.