Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Vigna d'Alfiero 2000

Tenuta Valdipiatta (Italy)

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (Tuscany)

Prugnolo Gentile
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This wine shows a brilliant ruby red color and nuances of garner red, little transparency. The nose reveals good personality with intense, clean, pleasing, elegant and refined aromas that start with hints of black cherry and violet followed by good aromas of raspberry, blueberry, plum, tobacco, licorice, vanilla, chocolate, menthol and pleasing hints of cinnamon and nutmeg. In the mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a slightly tannic attack and however well balanced by alcohol, full body, intense flavors, good tannins. The finish is persistent with good flavors of plum and black cherry. A well made wine. Vigna d'Alfiero ages for 18 months in barrique followed by 12 months of aging in bottle.

Alcohol: 14.5%

Roasted meat, Braised and stewed meat, Game, Hard cheese

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines)

Issue 16, February 2004

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