Salcheto Salco Evoluzione Vino Nobile Riserva

In the glass

Aroma: red cherry, violet, leather, graphite

Palate: red plum, iron, wild herbs, tobacco

Riserva from CCPB-organic Salcheto's off-grid solar cellar, pure Prugnolo Gentile from old vines.

What it pairs with

• Pici al ragu Find pici al ragu on TableJourney →
  Hand-rolled pici and Vino Nobile Riserva.
• Wild boar pappardelle Find wild boar pappardelle on TableJourney →
  Game ragu and Sangiovese leather.
• Aged Pecorino di Pienza
  Crystalline cheese with red-fruit acid.

History

Salco Evoluzione is Salcheto's flagship Vino Nobile Riserva, in continuous production since 1990 from CCPB-organic vineyards. Estate operates the world's first off-grid energy-independent winery (2011).

1. 1990 — First Salco Vino Nobile Riserva
2. 2011 — Cellar goes off-grid energy independent

Facts

Producer

Salcheto

Grapes

Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile) (100%)

Classification

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG Riserva

Oak

24 months in French oak tonneaux

ABV

14.0%

Price

EUR 35 to 55 at retail

Drinking window

8 to 20 from vintage

First vintage

1990

Scores

• Wine Advocate 94 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2021)

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