Mazzei, Siepi Vintage:2019 11% cabernet franc and 7%

11% cabernet franc and 7% petit verdot)

with the result that the wine is not at all overly oaky

one at the bottom and two at the top but on opposite sides)

Readers can check out notes on those wines in my recent feature on the estate posted on www

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

Mazzei, Siepi Vintage:2019 11% cabernet franc and 7%A 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