While still a great red to uncork with a grilled steak a few winters from now, like many of the other best wines from this hot and dry vintage, the tannins are admittedly a bit too aggressive in its youth. Batzella's 2017 Bolgheri Superiore Tam is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Cabernet Franc, aged in French oak for two years. This wine takes a classic approach to the promise of the appellation, showing rich and concentrated fruit with dried blackberry, plum, some tar and sweet spice. It shows a dark and inky appearance, and those flavors are packed tight together and condensed. Some 12,000 bottles were produced along with some larger formats.