I picked up a lot of milk-chocolate notes from the 2016 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva Vigneto Santa Pia to go along with its earthy notes of tilled soil. The subtle salinity and mineral sensations make this wine pop in the mouth, adding buoyant and bright linearity. Cherry and dried blackberry appear at the back. This wine would be great with a sweet-barbecued pulled-pork sandwich.

A pure expression of Sangiovese, the 2015 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva Vigneto Santa Pia offers a dark and saturated quality of fruit that builds in intensity and depth. The fruit is ripe, succulent and redolent of the warm summers of this part of beautiful Tuscany with its open fields and hot winds. The mouthfeel is soft and velvety in texture, but the wine cleverly avoids feeling too heavy or too rich.

The 2013 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva Vigneto Santa Pia is a modern and accessible wine that sheds its territorial character in favor of bright cherry aromas, soft texture and luscious flavors of spice and tobacco. The wine is smooth and opulent with deep layering in the mouth.