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Tiberio Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo DOP 2023

Montepuliciano | Italy, Abruzzo

Cerasuolo is a generic term used for Rosé in some parts of Italy. The 2022 is a stunner, can't wait to try the 2023. It's looking like this will be a stapple on the Wine Decoded list!Don't overchill it. Definitely knock it back to 10°C and allow it to play in the low teens as you devour it.Paul Kaan, Wine DecodedA translucent ruby in color, the 2023 Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo is lifted and finessed with a gorgeous bouquet of rose petals, cedar shavings, wild blueberries and crushed
$73
$69ea in any 3+
$65ea in any 6+

Tiberio Montepuliciano d’Abruzzo DOP 2022

Montepuliciano | Italy, Abruzzo

In it's youth it needs plenty of air. You could easily drink a bottle over a few days. Put your decanter to work and throw this puppy around. Immediately, it weaves together, the loose edges smoothen, and the expression builds. A rich wine that remains energetic. Red and dark fruited, layered with baking spices, cloves and florals. Slatey tannins with a playful grip cleanse. Proper wine that will offer much more with time in bottle. It's an impressive introduction to Tiberio's reds. I can't wait
$73
$69ea in any 3+
$65ea in any 6+
The 2019 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Archivio opens slowly in the glass, darkly intense and youthfully coiled. Swirling brings an aromatic blend of foreign spice, balsam herbs, dried black cherries and lifting shaved pine notes. With its silky textures, this seduces, more lifted and poised than I'd imagined. A core of tart raspberry fruit stains the palate as a web of fine-grained tannins forms toward the close. While structured and dramatically long, the Archivio maintains a lovely harmony, as a bi
$270
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$250ea in any 6+
“Intense, the 2020 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Archivio seduces with its pungent aromatic display, blending cedar shavings with balsamic spices, cooling smoke, plum sauce and grilled herbs. Soothingly round and supple, this floods the palate with ripe wild berry fruits and hints of blood orange. A web of fine-grained tannins mounts toward the close. It finishes with staining length and structure, leaving sour cherry and inner sage to linger on and on. Patience will be required yet also rewarded.�
$270
$260ea in any 3+
$250ea in any 6+
The 2021 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Vecchie Vigne Casa Pepe is dark and intense. Wet stone and sage hints offset violets and crushed blackberries. It's soothingly round and supple with a wave of ripe blackberries and sour citrus that gives way to an herbal note toward the close. The 2021 finishes with a tinge of saline minerality and fine-grained tannins, tapering off long. A pleasant note of primary concentration makes perfect punctuation.Eric Guido, Vinous 95+ Points 
$299
$289ea in any 3+
$279ea in any 6+
The 2021 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Vecchie Vigne Branella is spicy and floral, with a smoky burst of grilled herbs and autumnal spice complementing dried black cherries. This is elegant and seamlessly silky, with depths of dark red and blue fruits that slowly saturate. All is underscored by saline minerals as a coating of grippy tannins emerges toward the close. It finishes with staining length and concentration, leaving bitter blackberries and violet inner florals to resonate on. The 2021 will be
$299
$289ea in any 3+
$279ea in any 6+
The 2019 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colle Vota is intense, trading grace for power in this vintage, with a burst of dried black cherries, dusty sage, roses and Indian spice forming its bouquet. This splashes across the palate, spicy with ultra-ripe wild berry fruits that saturate, expertly balanced by a core of zesty acidity. The 2019 leaves a staining of primary concentration and grippy tannins, puckering the cheeks with youthful tension as salted licorice and balsamic spice notes fade. The 2019 C
$350
$340ea in any 3+
$330ea in any 6+
“The 2020 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colle Volta is a spice box on the nose, with wilted violets and hints of spiced-orange, white smoke, clove and dried black cherries. It's pleasantly sweet upon entry, with a cool toned feel and lavender-laced wild berry fruits that gain in tension and complexity as a flinty-mineral concentration forms toward the close. This resonates like liquid velvet, leaving sweet tannins offset by hints of sour citrus, finishing long and potent. The balance within is other
$350
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"Good medium purple-red. Knockout nose offers wild red and dark berries, minerals, violets, white pepper and truffley underbrush. Very suave on entry, then rich, boasting suave ripe red cherry and dark plum flavours complemented by strong brown spice undertones. The wine's impressive volume is nicely buffered by plenty of fresh cut. Closes very long, with serious but fine tannins. Another very sophisticated Montepulciano wine like practically nobody in the world can do. Drinking window: 2028-204
$880
$860ea in any 3+
$840ea in any 6+

Valentini Montepuliciano d’Abruzzo 2012

Montepuliciano | Italy, Abruzzo

This is the first vintage of this wine to be released since we saw the 2006 edition. It's been way too long, I'd say. Slightly held back or restrained on first nose, the Valentini 2012 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo opens slowly and contemplatively to sensations of dark fruit, smoke, tobacco and cured meat. Despite the rather heavy and sun-drenched nature of that first wave of aromas, it's impossible to miss the enormous intensity and textural richness packed tightly underneath. That full-bodied power
$1,025
$1005ea in any 3+
$985ea in any 6+
"The Montepulciano '15 is in great form--it's a red that uniquely combines the grape's fleshiness, complexity and power with a consummate elegance, resulting in a deep, sapid palate. (2021)"Gambero Rosso 🍷🍷🍷
$1,025
$1005ea in any 3+
$985ea in any 6+