ARNIONE

Estate: Campo alla Sughera
Country: Italy
Alcoholic Content: 13.50% Net Content: 375 ml. 750 ml. Vintage: 2003 Appellation: Tuscany/Bolgheri-DOC
Variety: (50% Cabernet Sauvignon/ 40% Merlot/ 10% Petit Verdot)
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2003 Campo Alla Sughera Bolgheri Arnione Campo Alla Sughera Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy Proprietary Blend (a dry red table wine) Review by Antonio Galloni Wine Advocate #169 (Feb 2007) Rating: 93 points Drink 2008-2015 Estimated Cost: $62.00 Description: The deeply-colored 2003 Bolgheri Arnione is a dazzling effort that is not to be missed. Made in restrained style for the vintage and the region, it is an exceptionally elegant and refined wine that offers very attractive notes of blueberry jam, smoke, minerals, licorice and sweet toasted oak on a full-bodied frame with notable concentration and balance. Still vibrant, it should drink well to age 12-15. Made from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot, and aged 15 months in French oak. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2015. This small estate located in Bolgheri produces sleek wines with a lot of style and class. Its vineyards, which are all fairly young, are densely planted and the yields per plant are kept low, which gives the wines much of their characteristic richness. These two releases are outstanding and I can’t recommend them highly enough. Importer: Vidalco International, LLC; Tel: (304) 377-1000; Fax: (304) 766-6128: E-mail: info@vidalco.com