Castello del Terriccio Lupicaia 2012 - 750ml

94pts James Suckling

Precision and focus is awesome here with black currant, mineral, light mint and black tea leaf. Medium body, ultra-fine tannins and a gorgeous finish. So refined and pretty. Bordeaux blend. Drink in 2019 but so hard to resist now.

93pts Wine Advocate

Evolved or balsam notes have already begun to appear in the 2012 Lupicaia. There is even a button-mushroom note and more minerality in the mouth with lingering notes of licorice and smoke. The wine possesses an incredible softness and plumpness and pours out loads of mature fruit. The 2012 vintage is very ripe but not overripe. It is well contained and well balanced overall.

Winery Notes

Castello del Terriccio remains one of Maremma's under the radar properties. There are a few reasons for that. One of them is a strategy of setting high prices set many years ago that turned out to be hard to overcome when markets corrected first in the early 2000s and then later in the 2007-2009 time period. Terriccio also releases their top wines later than virtually all other properties, which means the collective interest in top years has often faded when the estate's wines hit the market. But when it comes to only about what is in the bottle, the Terriccio wines can be superb. At their best, the Terriccio reds combine the richness and power of Maremma with gorgeous nuance that develops in bottle over time. Proprietor Gian Annibale Rossi di Medelana has spared no expense at Terriccio, and it shows.