Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This is extremely structured and powerful for the vintage with blackcurrant, sweet tobacco and black fruit character. Full body, chewy yet polished tannins and a long and flavorful finish. Needs time to soften a little. Start drinking in 2020.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2014 Monteverro pours a dark purple/red hue and is more reserved on the nose within the range, with notes of leather, salted licorice, pencil shavings, and plum. It’s full-bodied but more savory, with an herbal component that accents the wine and offers a mouthwatering note of Amaro-like bitter herbs on the finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2014 Monteverro is 40% Cabernet Franc, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot. Most of the wine (80%) is aged in new French oak for 24 months. Grapes are harvested from clay soil sites and each parcel is vinified separately. This is a beautifully crafted and intense red wine that delivers power, complexity and elegant extraction. Dark fruit folds into spice, leather and tobacco. The palate is slightly thinner and more streamlined in this vintage.
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Wine & Spirits
Grown on the southern Maremma coast, this is a blend of mostly cabernets franc and sauvignon with 30 percent merlot and petit verdot. It’s brambly and layered, the tobacco-scented berry flavors polished from two years in French oak barriques, 70 percent new. With its notes of dried mushrooms, dark chocolate and black spice, it’s a match for a seared ribeye.
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.