Mazzei, Siepi Vintage:2019 with a touch of extra

with a touch of extra fruitiness and spiciness

11% cabernet franc and 7% petit verdot)

Full-bodied

There is more volume if less power to the more generously proportioned medium-bodied flavors that coat the palate with dry extract that also helps to buffer the moderately firm tannic spine

The most tannic of the "big three" bottlings this year

Mazzei, Siepi Vintage:2019 with a touch of extraA 50 50 blend of Merlot and Sangiovese, the 2012 Siepi is a beautiful wine that bursts open with enormous fruit intensity and purity. Siepi is a unique wine that is characterized by a deep sense of sharpness and focus that brings a very bright quality to the bouquet. This vintage represents the 20th anniversary of this wine (the first vintage produced was 1992) although this special single vineyard has been in family hands since 1435 (you read that