Tasted from barrel, the 2012 Taurasi Riserva Piano di Montevergine is a soft and generous expression with a pretty quality of fruit that is compelling and long-lasting. At this young stage in the wine's life, it shows soft layers of tobacco, leather, spice, dark fruit, blackberry preserves and pressed blueberry. Pretty mineral nuances fill in the rear. In the mouth, the wine delivers both acidic freshness and tannic firmness that will find balance over the long course of its future evolution.