2000 Azienda Agricola Valentini Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 97.5 points

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  9/2/2023 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 98 Points

  After a few lackluster encounters with the reds of the estate lately, I decided to open the legendary 2000.
  
  Intense nose of tar, plum, undergrowth and truffle.
  
  The fullness of the wine is impressive, it is intense and bloody, feeling of having a mixture of meat juice and olive oil in the mouth. It is totally slender and satiny, each sip brings a new aroma, sometimes earthy and truffled, sometimes strawberry and smoke. Structured wine where the fine acidity plays the role of backbone which brings tension and freshness on a whole which is almost airy with aeration. Great finish on aromas of undergrowth with a monumental sanguine length.
  
  A great Valentini, kaleidoscopic and serene.

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  7/22/2023 - Cailles wrote: 100 Points

  One of those very rare perfect bottles… And this was no question, not for me, not for the others at the table. I didn’t need to follow the wine over hours and become enchanted by all the evolution and ever changing aromas, it was clear right away or at least after the third sniff and sip which again gave me goosebumps and made my heart beat faster. Wow. Incredibly complex, ever changing, perfect aromatic purity, intense and expressive from the nose to the finish, so light and airy, no weight yet loads of aromas and above everything: an absolute harmony, a perfect balance.
  
  TN: Intense, expressive nose and palate with a cornucopia of aromas including smoke, earthy, forest floor, lots of truffles, dark to red berries in all shapes and forms, even floral notes, then meaty notes and olives and with time Mouton-like burnt sugar notes and an ever-increasing sweetness that goes well with all the earthy notes. With every sip and breath a new aroma. The perfect structural frame with a light and airy, satin-like texture, fine tannins but excellent tension, great freshness. Perfect harmony and balance. Elegance and purity.
  
  Decant: Opened a couple of hours before dinner. Good from the start. Only got 30 minutes of slow-ox in total, then we followed the wine for a few hours. This bottle didn't need any decanting at all, and one of the highlights was following the wine for some time. If you don't have the time, give it a decant (1-2 hours?).

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  7/15/2023 - sirpat00 Likes this wine: 100 Points

  Tasted blind. Slow-oxed for several hours, but not decanted – and one needed. Cherry fruit along with sour cherry, brighter raspberry accents and herbal spice. The foundation, however, consists of horse saddle, earth, black truffles and leather. A mineral dimension links the two worlds together. Extremely versatile with every nose presenting different facets. Adding sous-bois, more herbs and pipe tobacco. Fresh acidity in an amazingly lightly built structure. Tannins are soft and on point. The palate further elevates the mineral and meaty features with smoke and smoked bacon. But the palate is also abundantly juicy, showing brighter red berries. Perfect balance. Perfect wine.

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  6/17/2022 - finediningnyc Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Stunning bottle! Far less dark and brooding than 2006, the uber rare 2000 Montepulciano is elegant, seamless and impeccably detailed. It’s layered with crazy depth of aromatics that soar flaunting BBQ spice, espresso, dried flowers and red fruit. It has off the charts complexity and a wild untamed nature to its expression that is as intriguing as it comes. The palate is precise, pure and balanced with a stunningly elegant texture and incredible length. Masterful wine.

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  9/21/2019 - bartgab Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Un vino straordinariamente elegante. Di colore rosso rubino è ricco fino all'opulenza. I profumi sono molto coinvolgenti e vanno dalla confettura di ribes al tabacco passando per diverse spezie fino al cacao.
  È un vino estremamente morbido con tannino vellutato. Dotato di intensità e persistenza straordinaria è è pronto per essere bevuto in tutta la Sua pienezza.

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