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Tag: 1999 Super Tuscan

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1999 Isole e Olena Cepparello Toscana IGT – Bottle Notes

Tom Lee / April 2, 2014

Paolo di Marchi has run Isole e Olena since the age of 20. Paolo avoids the Cabernet Sauvignon many of his neighbors have begun to incorporate into their Chiantis, believing it overshadows the Sangiovese. The flagship wine at Isole e Olena is Cepparello, a barrique-aged Sangiovese classified as an IGT – because at the time of its creation in the…

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Tom Lee has been buying, collecting and consuming wine since the early 1990's. His favorite wines include California Zinfandel, Napa Cabernet, Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, Bordeaux, Chateauneuf-du-Pape and, last but not least, Washington wines.

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