Winemaker Notes
This wine is perfect with complex and structured main courses and slow cooked, braised meats.
Blend: 100% Sangiovese
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Podere Forte 2015 Orcia Petrucci Melo gives us a nice look back into time. Drinking beautifully right now, this aged Sangiovese has only just started to show tertiary notes of tar and licorice. Otherwise, the fruit is intact and you get plum, dried cherry and blackcurrant. The tannins are integrated into the wine's medium-weight texture, and the finish is quite open and accessible.
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Vinous
The 2015 Petrucci Melo entices with a spicy blend of sour cherries, savory herbs, worn leather, allspice and clove. This washes across the palate like pure silk, refined and elegant, with depths of mineral-tinged red fruits guided by brisk acidity. Rosy inner florals form toward the close. This tapers off youthfully tense with edgy tannins that still require time to soften, as hints of licorice and sage slowly fade. Further cellaring will be required for the Melo to come fully into focus, but it will be time well spent.
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.