2011 Ruffino Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Lodola Nuova

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 84.2 points

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  1/24/2020 - bluengng Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Ready and at its prime now. A solid example of vino nobile, a hint of leather and strong tannin, balances with a smooth clean finish. Drink now!

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  3/5/2017 - winoman1 wrote: 85 Points

  Similar to your standard Ruffino profile, rugged Old World, but in this case much more rounded and with a polished "chocolate finish." Firm cherry and dark berry fruit profiles, muddy tobacco, "tea", and a bit of the Ruffino funk. Medium to light bodied - a pasta wine eh!
  
  I returned to this one and found it completely different than my first bottle...NOT BAD! Not great either.
  
  Semi-traditional.

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  9/29/2016 - df1962 wrote: 88 Points

  PnVnD 2/3 bottle. Let air for 1hr. Deep sparkly garnet clear with clear rim. Toasty charcoal and cherry nose. Medium(-) weight with steeped black tea tannins. Cherry with cherry cough syrup touch of licorice and a strong stemmy note on the palate. Hot on the finish. Over oaked and over extracted. Disappointing and not a re-buy.
  
  Day 2. Better integration with oak settled down not as hot. +2pts. Still not a re-buy.

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  12/6/2015 - Eantnay wrote: 87 Points

  While I agree that this offering was a bit thin for a Vino Nobile di Montelpulciano, it was, however, very enjoyable. Drinking more like a Chianti, while pale in color, it does offer up nice cherry & oak aromas, a mid-weight mouth feel and red berry flavors. The taste of this wine, as well as many others, is highly influenced by the food that accompanies it. In this case, hot soppressata brought out the best qualities in this wine, including sweet tannins on the finish.

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  10/25/2015 - winoman1 Does not like this wine: 79 Points

  Meh! Strawberry-mocha mush. Low tannin, low acid - possibly flawed with little to no cellar-ability. Batch variance may be an issue with this mass produced wine. This variety falls EXCEEDINGLY short of its reputation and provides no "zing" whatsoever.
  
  Hardly worth the $13 I paid and certainly not worth the $27 it is promoted as.
  
  A dud. :(

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