Giuseppe Quintarelli, Alzero Cabernet, 1994 so040926 grosse pierre it’s still structured but mellowed—tannins

it’s still structured but mellowed—tannins softened into silk

and it arrives with all the spice you want from the grain — but wrapped in caramel

But this bottling comes from a different

Fermented with wild yeasts and raised in mostly older French oak so the fruit stays front and center

and warm baking spices

Giuseppe Quintarelli, Alzero Cabernet, 1994 so040926 grosse pierre it’s still structured but mellowed—tanninsThe late, great Giuseppe Quintarelli was a radical traditionalist who proved Bordeaux grapes could make profound, quintessentially Veneto wines, and Alzero is the most extraordinary proof: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot, dried in the appassimento method like his Amarone, then aged for years in oak. The 1994 is a mature back vintage and a genuine rarity, one of the hardest Quintarelli wines to find. Decades on, expect dark fruit gone to