In the glass
Aroma: dark cherry, violet, leather, graphite
Palate: dark plum, iron, tobacco, wild herbs
Single-vineyard Vino Nobile Riserva from a 1968-planted parcel; one of the appellation's most precise bottlings.
What it pairs with
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Pici al ragu
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Hand-rolled pici and Vino Nobile is the Montepulciano staple. -
Wild boar pappardelle
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Game-leather signature meets the Riserva's iron. -
Aged Pecorino di Pienza
Crystalline cheese sharpens the wine's red-cherry lift.
History
Single-vineyard Vino Nobile Riserva from a high-density 1968-planted parcel at Cervognano. First vintage 1988.
- 1968 — Vigna del Nocio parcel planted
- 1988 — First single-vineyard Vigna del Nocio bottling
Facts
- Producer
- Poderi Boscarelli
- Grapes
- Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile) (100%)
- Classification
- Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG Riserva
- Oak
- 24 months in French oak barriques and tonneaux
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 75 to 110 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1988
Scores
- Wine Advocate 96 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)
- Vinous 95 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)