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| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2022 (based on 5 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.1 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Vince_chip on 11/30/2021 & rated 93 points: Vraiment excellent cette fois. Beaucoup de fruits noirs, tanins juste assez dense. Facture assez extraite, bien que l’identité italienne demeure respectée. (489 views) | | | Tasted by AlphaMikeFoxtrot on 3/11/2018 & rated 90 points: Rich and jammy. Over ripe strawberries, raspberries and plums. Licorice and evidence of oak aging. Nice with red meat. (587 views) | | | Tasted by Vince_chip on 9/22/2017 & rated 91 points: Encore un bébé! Exhuberance de fruits noirs et de tannins très corsés. Bonne longueur, tres aromatique.
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Sera meilleur dans quelques années. Attendre au moins 10 ans. (1975 views) | | | Tasted by daloz on 6/18/2017 & rated 90 points: Very nice Monte. Needs several hour decant (2131 views) | | | Tasted by deekmon on 6/19/2016 & rated 90 points: Very nice now but still very dry & powerful. Will try again next year. (2548 views) | | | Tasted by keio on 4/29/2016 & rated 87 points: i remember this wine was very good but now is not showing potential with time.... drink it now (2409 views) | | | Tasted by kosmik on 4/26/2015 & rated 88 points: Boisé dominant à ce moment-ci, vanillé, qui le rend monolithique, avec une forte ossature sous-jacente, acidité rafraîchissante+, minéralité moyenne+, tanins charnus+ et légèrement asséchants, persistance moyenne, sur les fruits et les noyaux de fruits, le bois, la fumée, la pierre à fusil...
Actuel : 88
Potentiel : 90+
Un peu cher mais à revisiter. (2804 views) | | | Tasted by Dan L on 3/22/2015: Easily one the best Montes I’ve ever tasted. With that said, however, it really needs to be paired with food now in order to tame it down some. Presently the wine is still very primary and quite tart. I believe one would really have to like Monte to truly appreciate it at this stage. At first opening it tasted like a shot of pure Grenadine or cherry syrup. It wasn’t unpleasant, but strong. After it opened up it revealed its complexity, soft but persistent tannins, and aging potential. Really nice stuff! 88 now, but will certainly increase. (1787 views) |
| Podere Castorani Producer website
Podere Castorani is owned by former formula 1 racer Jarno Trulli.MontepulcianoFor more information on this varietal, please visit:
Varietal character (Appellation America)Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorAbruzzi Abruzzi (Italianmade.com)Montepulciano d'AbruzzoFrom Wikipedia:
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is a type of wine grape as well as a type of red wine made from these same grapes in the Abruzzo region of east-central Italy. The grape is however recommended for 20 of Italy's 95 provinces. Up to 10% Sangiovese is permitted to be added to the blend. It is typically a fruity, dry wine with soft tannins, and as such is often consumed young. If aged by the winery for more than two years, the wine may be labelled "Riserva."
This wine should not be confused with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, a Tuscan wine made from Sangiovese and other grapes, but not the Montepulciano variety.
The quality of Montepulciano wines produced in Abruzzo (especially in the provinces of Pescara and Chieti) has been constantly improving in the last ten years, making Abruzzi, once a backwater in winemaking, one of the most interesting locales in the Italian scene.
It is blended with the grape Ciliegolo to make the wine Torgiano. It is also used as the primary grape in Rosso Conero DOCG and is a major part of the Rosso Piceno DOC blend.
Over the past few years the Montepulciano variety has been successfully introduced into Australia.
For more information, please visit:
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo (Italianmade.com) |
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