Salcheto's 2011 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva leaves the gate in high gear. This is a beautifully dense and extracted wine that shows muscle and power without being too heavy or overdone. The bouquet delivers pressed fruit and blackberry preserves with oak spice, tar and smoke. The effect is brooding, mysterious and dark. The wine ends with sweet tannins and ripe fruit intensity.

This is smooth, with a core of cherry and raspberry shaded by vanilla and toast accents. Firms up a little on the finish, which is long yet approachable now. Drink now through 2022. 100 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Select to Add