Winemaker Notes
The Rosso di Montepulciano is a youthfull wine with a lively ruby-red colour. It is winy and full of fruity fragrances. It is dry to the taste, fresh and pleasantly tannic.
Blend: 90% Sangiovese, 5% Canaiolo Nero, 5% Merlot.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A pretty red with round tannins and a delicious berry and orange character. Medium body, round tannins and a friendly finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
Fruity aromas of wild berry mingle with notes of blue flower and baking spice on this medium-bodied red. The round juicy palate delivers ripe black cherry, raspberry, clove and star anise alongside supple tannins. Enjoy through 2020.
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.