Cantalupo Ghemme Collis Breclemae 2015
Red
Ghemme, Italy
7.8
WineSaint
Locked down and muscular, with dense tannins that grip hard on the finish. Wild cherry and cedar emerge slowly, joined by tobacco and worn leather that build with air. The raw materials suggest serious potential, but this needs years to shed its formidable structure. Revisit after 2023.
wild cherrycedartobaccoworn leather
Label
Cantalupo
→Cantalupo is one of Ghemme's benchmark estates, producing structured Nebbiolo-based wines from the volcanic foothills of the Novara hills, including single-vineyard Ghemme DOCG bottlings of notable age-worthiness.