2018 Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  4/8/2024 - WyattTheSomm Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Sight: Medium ruby, no staining.
  
  Nose: A very pretty aroma that’s well concentrated at this price point. In quality Sangiovese I always look for this Sweet Amarena cherry smell and it’s so good in this wine. I also find Pomegranate, a lovely floral violet or rose aroma that’s accented by thyme (Herbs), baking Spice, and a touch of earthiness in the back letting you know it’s Tuscan.
  
  Taste: Delicious, warm, perfectly ripe Amarena Cherry, plum, and Baking spice/Herbs followed by the Tuscan earthiness in the back that shows itself more with air. This drinks much better on day 2 atm as it firms up and softens the high acidity. The tannins are perfectly ripe and feel very well integrated due to 18 months mainly in large Slavonian oak casks (called botti) and oak barriques (225 ltr and 500 ltr) and 6 months in bottle. On day two this wine has great balance and the finish while still on the shorter side is much improved. Elegant, ehhh debatable … delicious yes,
  It’s pretty but this needed lots of air and things came together much better afterwards.
  
  Overall: This is a good vintage and it shows in the ripeness of the fruit and the balance of the acid and tannins. It’s clear that this is one of the top wine makers in the region and they provide consumers with an excellent wine of quality for the money here. I hope it stays at $25 but I’m sure that won’t be the case in 20 years. I tried this next to one of my other favorite producers in the region “La Calonica” which has a neighboring vineyard in the Pieve of Valiano. Both wines were fantastic stylistically but different as Avignonesi seems a little less rustic and much more modern/fresh.

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  2/19/2024 - SixHedgehogs Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Full red/red-black. Aroma of cherry and pine. Flavours of cherry, chocolate, blackberry. Richer initially than the 2019 tasted recently, more black fruit and oak, but maybe a touch less elegant. Some delicious spicy notes appear by the last glass. From half bottle, decanted an hour in advance. Lovely.

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  1/18/2024 - elyaz Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Better than the Poliziano. Still a bit modern for my tastes, would prefer a bit less sleek, overly concentrated. But nice fruit. Not too much barrique influence. More plum and pomegranate than cherry. Low tannin. Med+ acid.

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  12/9/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Well balanced with intense notes of ripe red fruit. Very smooth.

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  11/13/2023 - LEEJV123 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Medium body, round.

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