1997 Siepi

You might remember the fanfare surrounding the 1997 vintage when it hit the market more than two decades ago. It marked a new chapter for Tuscan wines that prized a concentrated, soft, velvety and thickly extracted style that would be very much in vogue for the following years. Unabashed and confident, the Mazzei 1997 Siepi transports us back in time to a warm, sun-drenched growing season. You feel the heat in this wine's DNA with strawberry preserves, marasca cherry and dried prune. The wine is endowed with big structure and volume, as expected. The Siepi vineyard enjoys deep soils, allowing the roots to penetrate far underground and find moisture in the dry season. The soils have a big component of clay that also lock in humidity, and the area is surrounded by green forests that cool down the nearby environment.