2001 Paleo Rosso

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Bolgheri and Maremma more broadly are home to a number of showy, world-class estates. In that context, Le Macchiole stands out for its decidedly artisan scale and approach. The estate’s Messorio (Merlot) and Scrio (Syrah) seem to get most of the attention, while Paleo Rosso is sadly often overlooked. Over the last ten years, Paleo Rosso has established itself as one of the great wines of Tuscany and Italy. This vertical going back to 1992 provided an opportunity to check in on a large number of wines. The only vintage missing was 1998, which proprietor Cinzia Merli omitted because she wasn't entirely satisfied with the wine.

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This wine was tasted over dinner in December of 2006.

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This estate's wines have become cult items over the years, selling at astronomical prices, and it's to owner Cinzia Merli Campolmi's credit that the wines from the weaker '02 vintage were sold at much lower prices (down 50% for the Paleo, 30% for Messorio and Scrio). That said, these '02s are some of the very best made by anyone in Italy that year, and they are sure to entice many consumers who are looking for relative bargains. According to Campolmi, the estate is proud of its new Bolgheri Rosso-a blend of 40% merlot, 30% sangiovese and 30% cabernet franc-which will replace the old Le Macchiole bottling (which was not made in '03). "Our goal was to make a lighter, easier-drinking wine than Le Macchiole, which was too similar to our other wines," she told me. "After ten years spent studying our vineyards, we're confident that we've identified those parcels that usually give slightly less concentrated grapes." No new oak will be used, and the wine will spend only 8 or 9 months in barrel, rather than the 15 previously used for the Macchiole. As Campolmi releases her wines one year later than most other producers on the Tuscan coast, to allow for some bottle age, the '03 wines will be shipped to the U.S. this fall.

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