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• decaturwinedude wrote: 95 points

  August 8, 2023 - A Good Monday, Vol II:: Somehow, on a table full of gems, Emidio Pepe still shines above. Still drinking beautifully, with no signs of fading. Warm earth tones, meat, some pepper and Roses and spring gardens. Lovely. Almost effervescent still on the palate. The wine is so incredibly fresh...like you just picked the fruit. The salinity and lively acidity belie the wine's age. Pepe wines are special. Maybe not for everyone, that's good. More for me.

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• Brolawa wrote:

  July 1, 2023 - EVH. Cloves. Nice balance. Still in great shape. Farnsworth’s and Katama.

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• forceberry wrote: 89 points

  March 13, 2023 - 100% Montepulciano from organically farmed vineyards, all fruit fully destemmed. Fermented spontaneously and aged for two years in concrete tanks. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. 13% alcohol. Bottle no. 23052.
  
  Slightly translucent blackish-red color that doesn't really look that youthful nor particularly aged. The nose feels heavily bretty with pronounced, almost lambic-like notes of saddle leather and phenolic spice along with lighter notes of bilberries, some lifted notes of nail polish VA, a little bit of crisp and greasy bacon, light chokeberry tones, a flinty hint of smoke and a rustic touch of barnyard. The wine feels ripe, dense and juicy on the palate with a medium-to-moderately full body and intense flavors of black cherries, some bretty notes of saddle leather and barnyard, light phenolic lambic tones, a little bit of peppery spice, light crunchy notes of chokeberries and blueberries and a hint of sour cherry. The overall feel is balanced and pretty firmly structured with the rather high acidity and somewhat grippy medium-plus tannins. The finish is The finish is spicy, quite funky and moderately grippy with a long, ripe aftertaste of juicy bilberries and fresh cherries, some bretty notes of leather and phenolic spice, light sweeter nuances of chokeberry jam, a hint of barnyard and a touch of forest floor.
  
  A firm, vibrant and still quite youthful Montepulciano that is quite heavily dominated by bretty notes. While Pepe wines can be quite rustic, this 2000 was on a completely different level in our tasting of ten Pepe Montepulcianos and I feel this level of brett isn't that typical of the usual Pepe style anymore. This was a lovely wine in all other aspects, but even for a fan of rustic, funky wines like me, this wine started to get a bit too bretty - at times it was pretty hard to discern any finer nuances due to the quite pronounced bretty notes. Seeing how the wine was still relatively youthful, I can see this vintage not just keeping but evolving for many, many years more. However, I doubt no amount of aging will change the fact that this vintage of Pepe Montepulciano can be - and if it is, it will also remain - just super bretty.

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• jhbehrens Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 10, 2022 - Laurel liquorice and tar. So lively and delicious. Drink or keep.

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• The Vines That Bind wrote: 92 points

  October 18, 2022 - Moderate brett and funk above light red cherry fruit. Light-hearted and fun. Still has that faint spritz on the palate. Some fall spice and slightly browning fruit.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2000
• Type Red
• Producer Emidio Pepe
• Varietal Montepulciano
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Abruzzi
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

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• In Cellars 370 (56%)
• Consumed 275 (41%)

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