2004 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG, Riserva dei Mandorli, Massimo Romeo

2004 has been great vintage in the Centre and North of Italy, Massimo's Vino Nobile Riserva captures this and more: a wine for ageing till 2015, the nose is unsurprisingly compact and closed with plum skin notes and a hint of wild thyme; to taste, this full-bodied, dense black cherry flavoured wine, aged for 3 years in 500 litre French tonneau, has a refreshing savoury edge as well as pacy acidity, balancing the sweet succulent fruit at its core.

Compared to the competition, increasingly cut and rounded off with Merlot, this indigenous blend of Prugnolo Gentile, Colorino, Mammolo retains the pure-breed quality of the original. A wine apart. Great with game.
(David Berry Green – BBR Buyer)
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