Grapes: 80% Sangiovese, 15% Canaiolo Nero, 5% Mammolo.
Characteristics: Fermentation fully temperature controlled. 12 percent of the wine is aged for a brief 3 month period in once-used sixty gallon Allier oak barrels. 3 month period of bottle aging before release.
Suggestions with food: A fine apéritif, very good match for a wide variety of dishes ranging hors d’oeuvres to pasta and white meat to cold cuts and fish.
yr. 2013 Vinous Antonio Galloni:
91 of 100 Points.
"Vinous Antonio Galloni" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2013 on 01.03.2016 with 91 of 100 points.
yr. 2014 Wine Enthusiast:
87 of 100 Points.
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2014 on 06.01.2016 with 87 of 100 points.
yr. 2012 Wine Spectator:
90 of 100 Points.
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2012 on 15.10.2014 with 90 of 100 points.
yr. 2012 Wine Enthusiast:
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2012 on 11.01.2014 with 87 of 100 points.
yr. 2011 Wine Spectator:
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2011 on 30.09.2013 with 90 of 100 points.
yr. 2011 Wine Enthusiast:
89 of 100 Points.
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2011 on 10.01.2013 with 89 of 100 points.
yr. 2008 Wine Enthusiast:
85 of 100 Points.
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2008 on 04.01.2011 with 85 of 100 points.
yr. 2008 Vinous Antonio Galloni:
"Vinous Antonio Galloni" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2008 on 01.07.2010 with 87 of 100 points.
yr. 2007 Vinous Antonio Galloni:
"Vinous Antonio Galloni" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2007 on 01.08.2009 with 87 of 100 points.
yr. 2006 Wine & Spirits Magazine:
"Wine & Spirits Magazine" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2006 on 01.04.2009 with 91 of 100 points.
yr. 2006 Wine Enthusiast:
86 of 100 Points.
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2006 on 05.01.2009 with 86 of 100 points.
yr. 2006 Vinous Antonio Galloni:
88 of 100 Points.
"Vinous Antonio Galloni" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2006 on 01.06.2008 with 88 of 100 points.
yr. 2005 Wine & Spirits Magazine:
"Wine & Spirits Magazine" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2005 on 01.04.2008 with 88 of 100 points.
yr. 2002 Wine Spectator:
80 of 100 Points.
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2002 on 31.10.2003 with 80 of 100 points.
yr. 2001 Wine Spectator:
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2001 on 31.10.2002 with 80 of 100 points.
yr. 1998 Wine Enthusiast:
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 1998 on 09.01.2000 with 88 of 100 points.
yr. 1998 Wine Spectator:
81 of 100 Points.
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 1998 on 30.11.1999 with 81 of 100 points.
yr. 1996 Wine Spectator:
82 of 100 Points.
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 1996 on 15.12.1998 with 82 of 100 points.
yr. 1995 Wine Spectator:
68 of 100 Points.
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 1995 on 30.09.1997 with 68 of 100 points.
yr. 2005 CellarTracker:
"CellarTracker" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2005 with 90 of 100 points.
yr. 1997 Stephen Tanzer:
"Stephen Tanzer" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 1997 with 90 of 100 points.
yr. 2009 Stephen Tanzer:
"Stephen Tanzer" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2009 with 88 of 100 points.
yr. 2008 Stephen Tanzer:
"Stephen Tanzer" has rated the wine "Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy" from the vintage 2008 with 87 of 100 points.
Fermentation fully temperature controlled and followed by a period of maceration on the skins. Malolactic fermentation in Slavonian oak casks. 12 months period in 60 gallon Allier oak barrels, and further 24 months in fifty hectoliter Slavonian oak casks. 6 month period of bottle ageing.
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Its taste on the palate is decidedly fruity with a bright and zesty finish. It is an all-meal sparkling wine that is ideal with the most sophisticated cusine.
Attractive greenish highlights complement a luminous straw-yellow colour. The wine offers a superbe, richly-faceted nose, with an intense, lively fruitiness offering scents of ripe grape and peach, plus abundant tropical fruit banana, citron and grapefruit. That crisp liveliness marks the palate too, with its pleasurable tartness, a dryness softened around the edges, and the lightest hint vanilla hovering throughout.
