Donna Olimpia 1898 Millepassi Bolgheri Superiore, Tuscany, Italy

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A 20,000-bottle release from a hot and dry vintage to the extreme, the Donnaolimpia 1898 2017 Bolgheri Superiore Millepassi is a wine that took me a little while to wrap my head around. Instead of the overt ripeness you might expect, the bouquet shows atypical tones of smoked teak wood or Asian spice, perhaps calling for some exotic flavors, such as a Punjabi curry. The bouquet does relax with time, slipping smoothly into fruity tones of blackberry and black currant with more spice, tar and smoke. There is a lot of density and concentration in this blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petit Verdot and 10% Merlot that is aged in oak for two years. The tannins are tight and astringent. I would wait a few more years to drink the Millepassi; however, I wouldn't earmark this bottle for especially long cellar aging either.

The 2016 Bolgheri Superiore Millepassi (70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petit Verdot and 10% Merlot) boasts its own distinct personality that is almost restrained at first, but it opens in the glass and widens with time to pack a more impactful punch. The wine builds a growing aromatic crescendo with small berry tones and wild rose that expand to wider aromas of spice, leather and tobacco. That aromatic growth is what distinguishes this excellent vintage from the rest. Some 20,000 bottles were made.

The folks at Donnaolimpia 1898 did a really nice job with the 2015 Bolgheri Superiore Millepassi. This blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petit Verdot and 10% Merlot (aged in new and neutral oak for 24 months) offers lovely tones of milk chocolate, dark fruit and tobacco. It brings lots of sweet, rich softness, but it plays the texture card best thanks to that plush mouthfeel. It's the full package, rich and seamless. Production stands at 20,000 bottles.

Here's a dark, saturated and super enriched red wine with an elaborate bouquet of black fruit and spice. The excellent 2013 Bolgheri Superiore Millepassi is a shapely and opulent expression that offers balance, intensity and power. The bouquet is amply endowed with black fruit intensity. This blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot (aged in oak for two years) shows enormous forward momentum and energy that should carry it forward for the next decade of cellar aging. Some 20,000 bottles are produced.

The 2012 Bolgheri Superiore Millepassi offers a great interpretation of the appellation. The delivery here is smooth and long. The wine (a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Merlot) imparts pretty notes of dark fruit, chocolate and spice along the way. Theses aromas are presented with seamless integration. The mouthfeel shows the wine's youth with tannins that are still sharp and firm. Millepassi needs another few years of bottle aging.