2019 Vino Noceto Sangiovese Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 91 points

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  12/19/2023 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Medium red. Quite perfumed with cherry Sangiovese fruit accented by oak. This is so typical of Noceto Sangioveses: not blockbuster but full of plum-cherry fruit. In their reservas, there is a lot of splintery, sweet-vanilla oak character. I really like this wine, but I keep thinking: Where is the acid zip that one would find from top Tuscan Sangioveses? The challenge for Noceto, I think, is the climate. When Jim and Suzy Gullett established the vineyard, it looked like a great location to grow Sangiovese. But today, given climate change, the wines turn out to be rather soft. While this appeals to many U.S. wine drinkers, as a europhile I prefer a touch more zip.

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