The 2000 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, a dark ruby, offers the warm, ripe, almost roasted nose of a hot vintage. The ample flavors, dense and rich, upholster the palate with velvety tannins, and the concentration is balanced with much suppleness and roundness. Drink: 2005-2012.
Complimenti, as the Italians say: the prospects for the 2001 wines here are truly mouthwatering.
Importer: John Given Wines, Inc., Staatsburg, NY; tel. (845) 266-3554