Boscarelli Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

In the glass

Aroma: red cherry, violet, wild fennel, tobacco

Palate: red plum, iron, graphite, leather

Annata Vino Nobile from Boscarelli, Prugnolo Gentile with traditional supporting grapes.

What it pairs with

• Pici cacio e pepe Find pici cacio e pepe on TableJourney →
  Hand-rolled pici and Sangiovese acidity classic.
• Crostini di fegatini Find crostini di fegatini on TableJourney →
  Chicken-liver crostini is a Tuscan rite with annata.
• Florentine peposo
  Pepper-stew finds the wine's spice register.

History

Boscarelli has produced Vino Nobile since 1968 under the De Ferrari Corradi family. The annata is a traditional Prugnolo Gentile blend with Canaiolo and Mammolo.

1. 1962 — De Ferrari Corradi family acquires the property
2. 1968 — First Boscarelli Vino Nobile vintage

Facts

Producer

Poderi Boscarelli

Grapes

Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile) (90%), Canaiolo Nero (5%), Mammolo (5%)

Classification

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG

Oak

18 months in French oak tonneaux and Slavonian casks

ABV

13.5%

Price

EUR 25 to 40 at retail

Drinking window

4 to 15 from vintage

First vintage

1968

Scores

• Wine Advocate 93 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)

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