Winemaker Notes
This wine, noble in name and in essence, expresses delicate, floral, feminine and very sophisticated aromas. On the palate it is balanced and elegant, with a fresh and velvety tannic finish.
Pair with meat, poultry and game.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Black cherry, plum, tamarind, earth, leather and iron flavors mingle in this beefy red. Offers good acidity and dusty tannins, while the finish shows its savory side. Drink now through 2038. 1,700 cases made, 500 cases imported.
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Vinous
The 2019 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is a racy, super-expressive wine. Succulent red cherry, cedar, tobacco, spice and rose petals build nicely in a charming, mid-weight Nobile to drink over the next handful of years.
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.