Rosso di Toscana Sangiovese Blend

Stern. Not quite ripe red cherry, rosehip, some black pepper and stemmy notes. Plenty of red fruit intensity. Totally mute nose. I opened this 10 years too soon I’m afraid.

Edit.. after a few days open still nothing on the nose, though the palate is beautiful. Suspect some TCA may be to fault.

I wonder in a few years time
For now just to tight with potentials

Almost unpleasantly stemmy and harsh on the nose but pretty darn silky and glorious on the palate. Not sure I’ve ever experienced such a stark contrast.

Smooth, versatile, light but full bodied., like 👍🏼 not Italian red can be. Peppery with tannins.

Wine #2 of the night. Maybe it was the hour decant, but opened up more than prior experiences. Cherry notes. Tightly wound tannins. Great with Loafers za.

2020 fall. After drinking the 2015 for a while, the lithe, transparent, red fruit character of the 2014 is all the more notable, but no less delicious

2020 fall. This has opened out a bit over the last six months - delicious layers of black and red cherry. It’s still darker and richer than the average Montevertine, but delicious nonetheless

2020/9. Always drinkable and delicious, the 2015 is opening and shedding a bit of the baby fat

2020 spring. Just another day with my favorite Tuscan wine - again, the 2015 is darker and more tightly structures than recent vintages, but delicious with some air

The first time I’ve had the 2015 edition of one of my favorite wines. As has been written, this is much darker and more brooding than, e.g. the 2013 or 2014, in aroma, flavor and appearance. It’s a bit closed at first but over hours and days reveals lots of black cherry and blackberry - a dark version of that Montevertine thing with some creaminess. Very good with lots of air now, this is a vintage that will really benefit from a bit of age