From the new Offida DOCG, which I conceptualize as the southern Marche’s answer to Conero. Minimum of 85% Montepulciano, though I don’t know this one’s precise composition. I am a little nervous about the stated 15% alc, but it’s very good. Saturated color, nose has that aggressively loamy, gravelly earthiness I associate with good Marche Montepulciano, notes of rosemary and juniper, deep dark wild cherry fruit. It’s full and lusty in the mouth, with nice, soft tannins and good balance. Great purity of dark fruit, and none of the chocolaty-ness I feared it might have. (That fear was based only on the general trend of Marche winemakers toward overripeness and over-extraction in their higher-end wines, not anything I knew about this one.)
From the new Offida DOCG, which I conceptualize as the southern Marche’s answer to Conero. Minimum of 85% Montepulciano, though I don’t know this one’s precise composition. I am a little nervous about the stated 15% alc, but it’s very good. Saturated color, nose has that aggressively loamy, gravelly earthiness I associate with good Marche Montepulciano, notes of rosemary and juniper, deep dark wild cherry fruit. It’s full and lusty in the mouth, with nice, soft tannins and good balance. Great purity of dark fruit, and none of the chocolaty-ness I feared it might have. (That fear was based only on the general trend of Marche winemakers toward overripeness and over-extraction in their higher-end wines, not anything I knew about this one.)
1 person found it helpfulJan 15th, 2023
Piceno, Marche, Italy
