2000 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Community Tasting Notes (58) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  4/19/2024 - Sotto325 wrote: 95 Points

  For those who have not had the pleasure of drinking these unique, old-world, super terroir-driven wines, do.These wines will soon be more iconic, so get them while you can. Pepe and his granddaughter make wines that age for decades. It is close to the Adriatic and a wine about which most of us knew little. Montepulicano D’Aburzzo is a grape that many confused with Tuscan grapes. These are deep soil, artisanal wines, hand bottled and showing very different characteristics as they age. JOhn Gilman did a wonderful retrospective worth reading. In some ways, I think of these as less complex amarone. There are two true amarone giants-Quintarelli and DalForno Romano– Pepe is in that league, albeit with a more modest grape. Serious dark cherry, moist soil, tar, smokey wood, dark green earthy leaves, and a rustic edge that is most welcome, especially in cooler weather. They recently released their 2000 and 2001 magnums. The market is beginning to reflect their rarity.

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  3/17/2024 - ericindc Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Slight seepage, but clean on opening. Strong piney nose with some earth and red fruits.. Really strong acidity.
  
  After some time, this opened up. The pine became more subtle mint, earthy notes, nuttiness, light red fruit, light tannic structure and solid acidty. Just a really elegant wine.

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  1/26/2024 - loj wrote: 89 Points

  Elegant palette structure, well refined fruit and petrichor, but I found this to be too bretty for my taste, low qpr

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  1/19/2024 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points

  Nice clean fruit. (37561)

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  1/13/2024 - suckling_pig Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Strong industrial smell - notes of gasoline, rubber, and cement. Great flavor tho.

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