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Valdipiatta
Nobile di Montepulciano
Montepulciano · Italy·Vintage 2018
Certified organicCritics
Tasting note
The 2018 Nobile di Montepulciano is a ruby colour with a nose of fragrant berries flowers, spices, tobacco and licorice. It is delicate and elegant with unobtrusive acid and tannins. It is supple yet firm with a medium to long finish.
The wine
- Grape
- Predominantly Sangiovese with Canaiolo Nero (% not published)
- Style
- Red
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Giulio and Miriam Caporali run the estate (site: 'Miriam and Giulio Caporali sow each autumn…'); consulting oenologist Eric Boissenot since 2010 (earlier Prof. Yves Glories). Head winemaker not formally named.
- Yield
- 50–60 quintals/ha
- Serve at
- 18°C
- Vinification
- Fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 24–28°C; 20–25 days on the skins with daily pump-overs and délestage at the start and middle of fermentation; spontaneous malolactic in steel.
- Ageing
- 15–18 months partly in French oak barriques and partly in 30 and 50 hl Slavonian oak casks, then 6 months in bottle.
- Food pairing
- Robust pasta dishes, grilled and stewed red meat, game, roasts, cured meats and medium-to-long-aged cheeses
The producer
Valdipiatta
Montepulciano, Tuscany22 ha of vineyardvaldipiatta.it
Tenuta Valdipiatta farms 22 hectares of vineyard in the heart of the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano zone, certified organic since 2018 and managed as a closed ecosystem with cover crops and home-made compost. Its traditional wines are Sangiovese-led, with the single-vineyard Vigna d'Alfiero (planted almost half a century ago by the estate's first cellarman, Alfiero Carpini) made from pure Sangiovese. Since the 1990s the estate has worked with Bordeaux consultants, most recently Eric Boissenot.