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1985 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Montepulciano
- Italy
- Abruzzi
- Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
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Community Tasting Notes 52
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kenv Likes this wine: 94 points
March 31, 2023 - [Decanted around 4pm. Back in the bottle around 5pm.] Needed time in the glass. I suspect we drank it too fast to fully appreciate its complexity. Still, with fresh Pappardelle Bolognese, it shines.
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rinnocenzi Likes this wine: 94 points
November 21, 2022 - Crazy how this wine is still great.
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oldwines Likes this wine: 93 points
September 26, 2020 - Decanted at 6PM From 750ml bottle and tasted repeatedly over 5 hours. Not nearly as wonderful a bottle as the previous one 2 years ago. The nose was lovely with florals, tobacco, leather and cherry along with a smokey background but the palate lacked the wow factor I remember and noted previously. There was certainly a nice elegance about the wine and a core of cherry fruit along with the earthy notes but it was lacking that little extra I expected from my previous experience. I wouldn’t say this was too old by any means, it looked and smelled wonderful with no real oxidative elements and frankly went well with the veal Milanese I made for dinner but the finish was short and lacked some depth. One magnum remaining in the cellar...?
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dbkitc wrote: 96 points
September 20, 2020 - Wow. Mahogany red. Initially peaty nose: celery salt, saline, leather, dried cherry. Smooth, noticeable acid. Fruit, meat and Worcestershire emerge with time. Crazy and awesome. The best of the night. (96)
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fcxj wrote: 92 points
March 27, 2019 - Incredible aromatics, floral but different and complex. Really, really lively. Palate thins out.
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By Walter Speller
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1985
- Type Red
- Producer Emidio Pepe
- Varietal Montepulciano
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Abruzzi
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 214 (53%)
- Consumed 190 (47%)
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