96 POINTS - Monca Larner - The Wine Advocate 
"Supple and smooth, the 2020 Cepparello brings Sangiovese to soaring heights in a manner only Paolo De Marchi can manage. This is his second to last vintage before he would retire and sell this historic estate. The wine opens to medium to full-bodied concentration with dark plum and redcurrant. Those cede to sweet spice, earth, crushed stone, rusty nail and candied orange peel. Give the wine more time to flesh out with cellar age. It registers a powerful 15% alcohol content"

Cepparello, Isole e Olena’s premium wine, represents the best the estate has to offer. It is the result of a long selection process that began many years ago, one that is regularly updated, during which only the most promising grapes are used for the creation of this wine. Cepparello is a wine that continues to evolve and grow, one that exists in perfect harmony and dialogue with the vineyard. Initially, the wine was the result of a bold break with tradition – once it was considered impossible to create a wine from 100% Sangiovese grapes – and to this day it bears the IGT label.