Tiberio Colle Vota Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2020

2020 Tiberio 'Colle Vota'Montepulciano d'Abruzzo96+ pts VinousThe 2020 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colle Vota is a spice box on the nose, with wilted violets and hints of spiced-orange, white smoke, clove and dried black cherries. It's pleasantly sweet upon entry, with a cool-toned feel and lavender-laced wild berry fruits that gain in tension and complexity as a flinty-mineral concentration forms toward the close. This resonates like liquid velvet, leaving sweet tannins offset by hints of sour citrus, finishing long and potent. The balance within is otherworldly. This elegant and harmonious Colle Vota will pay dividends in the cellar, and I wouldn't be surprised if it warrants a high score down the road. - By Eric Guido on July 2024Varietal: 100% Montepulciano d'Abruzzo clone adapted to its specific, new environment made up of different soils, subsoils, and microclimate, leading to the development of a new Montepulciano biotype that expresses itself with a very distinct, more perfumed and