Winemaker Notes
Boscarelli Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Costa Grande is deep garnet in color, showing aromas of spice, blackberries, earth, and vanilla. A full-bodied palate with structure, elegance, and flavors of cherry, coffee, and leather.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A succulent and juicy VN with cherry, orange blossom and light chocolate aromas and flavors. It’s medium- to full-bodied, fresh and crunchy at the end. Crisp acidity and lightly chewy tannins give this form.
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Tasting Panel
The 2020 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Costa Grande is a total pleasure to the senses, with a perfumed bouquet of wilted violet and lavender aromas, a dusting of spices and dried strawberry scents. This is cool-toned and fresh, with pretty wild berry fruits and crunchy mineral notes elevated by a tinge of sour citrus. Generous, long and gently tannic, this finishes with a resonance of blackberry and hints of spice. The 2020 is delicate yet impactful.
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Wine Spectator
Pure and supple out of the gate, this red infuses raspberry, cherry, iron, leather and wild herb aromas and flavors. Thick-textured tannins back it all up, leaving a dusty, tactile feel on the finish, yet there's an elegance, despite the tannins. Best from 2027 through 2045. 450 cases made.
Among Italy's elite red grape varieties, Sangiovese has the perfect intersection of bright red fruit and savory earthiness and is responsible for the best red wines of Tuscany. While it is best known as the chief component of Chianti, it is also the main grape in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and reaches the height of its power and intensity in the complex, long-lived Brunello di Montalcino. Somm Secret—Sangiovese doubles under the alias, Nielluccio, on the French island of Corsica where it produces distinctly floral and refreshing reds and rosés.
This significant Tuscan village—not to be confused with the red grape of the same name widely grown in Abruzzo and the Marche regions—was home to one of the first four Italian DOCGs granted in 1980.
Based on the Sangiovese grape (here called Prugnolo Gentile), the village’s prized wine called Vino Nobile di Montepulciano ranks stylistically in between Chianti Classico, for its finesse, and Brunello di Montalcino for its power. With a deep ruby color, heavy concentration and a firm structure given by the village's heavy, cool clay soils, most Vino Nobile di Montepulciano will demand some bottle age.