Hand-picked, naturally fermented, basket-pressed, Unfined and Unfiltered|
Montepulciano 2016 from @Gran Casino
“Cherry, red flowers, anchovies, cloves, a bit of wild blackcurrant, a bit of green like red capsicum and/or bush berries like black currant, a hint of spice, cloves.”
Look:
Ruby red with granite shades hidden under an unfiltered cloud with good consistency and a 14 alcohol, nice and shiny surface with good polyphenols.
Smell:
Cherry, red flowers, anchovies, cloves, a bit of wild blackcurrant, a bit of green like red capsicum and/or bush berries like black currant, a hint of spice, cloves.
Palate:
You can taste it unfold, with a high tenor of alcohol. First scent is the bitterness from the long skin contact/unfiltered.
Some back scents of wood, mogano, and alcohol help to counterbalance, and the lively acidity makes your palate salivate.
Food Match:
Wine moving on the hardnesses, so a wine for winter dishes.
Bean soup (pancetta-based), Zampone with lentils (pig trotter)
Ossobuco, Salamella with Polenta and Lentils.
This wine is ready almost straight away, and the temperature in the bottle is fine… (21) warmer probably would lose its balance.