Tenuta Pongelli Rosso Piceno Montepulciano Sangiovese

50% montepulciano, 50% Sangiovese / red fruit, savory herbs / Sangiovese helps lift off the palate with acidity

Nose: slight VA, candied black cherry, black currant, raspberry, plum, leather, tobacco, roasted red pepper, dried anise.
Palate: plum, cherry, raisin and fig.
50% Montepulciano 50% Sangiovese.

Wow

2012 always #delicious My dessert island red. Mellow fruit and earth aromas. Smooth and ripe with some grip. Good length.

Predominant earth on the nose. Plums and red cherry and rhubarb. Forrest floor and wet wood notes. Palate shows more fruit. Bright and red cherry, blueberry. Great M+ acidity. Red fruit and sandee wood on the finish

Excellent wine. Nose smells of an old wine cellar: grapes, must, little earth and sweet. This is a 50/50 Sangiovese and Montepulciano. Sangiovese is not as dynamic here as in Tuscany. But the Montepulciano is awesome here, and it’s such an underrated grape. The blend is seamless and is so good. With tomato..mmmmmm!

At home with Lynn. 1/11/19. A bit maderized. Past its prime.

Delicious red Italian blend. Herbs, fruit and acidity. What more do you want?

Very nice. First piceno

12/9/17: Dinner with Linda & Athanasius at our house. Snowy night; think delicious pea soup as comfort food with cheese.