Torgiano Rosso Riserva Rubesco Vigna Monticchio 2001

Lungarotti (Italy)

Torgiano Rosso Riserva (Umbria)

Sangiovese (70%), Canaiolo Nero (30%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This wine shows a brilliant ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, little transparency. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas which start with hints of black cherry, plum and blueberry followed by aromas of violet, cyclamen, vanilla, raspberry, blackberry, carob, licorice, tobacco, cinnamon and menthol. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a tannic attack and pleasing roundness, however balanced by alcohol, full body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of black cherry, plum and blackberry. A well made wine. Torgiano Rosso Riserva Rubesco Vigna Monticchio ages in cask and in barrique for 12 months followed by 3 years of aging in bottle.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Roasted meat, Braised and stewed meat, Hard cheese

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

Issue 44, September 2006

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