Winemaker Notes
This wine has distinguishing features that are a deep bright purplish color, a nose of spicy black berry fruits and jam, a soft flavor, and long persistence.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This is a very showy red that gets better each vintage; the 2017 is replete with dark herbs, peppermint, vanilla, resin, tea leaves, eucalyptus and hot stones. Full-bodied with lots of structured tannins — even enough to handle the waves of layered blackberries and elderberries that coat the mouth.
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Wine Spectator
Compelling and pure, this red features black cherry, blackberry, violet and graphite aromas and flavors. Plush, yet features an underlying matrix of dense tannins that pulls all the elements together on the long, vibrant finish. Merlot. Best from 2021 through 2030.
Legendary in Italy for its Renaissance art and striking landscape, Tuscany is also home to many of the country’s best red wines. Sangiovese reigns supreme here, as either the single varietal, or a dominant player, in almost all of Tuscany’s best.
A remarkable Chianti, named for its region of origin, will have a bright acidity, supple tannins and plenty of cherry fruit character. From the hills and valleys surrounding the medieval village of Montalcino, come the distinguished and age-worthy wines based on Brunello (Sangiovese). Earning global acclaim since the 1970s, the Tuscan Blends are composed solely of international grape varieties or a mix of international and Sangiovese. The wine called Vine Nobile di Montepulciano, composed of Prognolo Gentile (Sangiovese) and is recognized both for finesse and power.