Today we look at a 2008 100% montepulciano from Abruzzo, Italy. I picked it up at Premiere Wine in Delaware for $35.
Whoa. This is one of those “serious” wines that makes you pause.
What do I have here?
What exactly is going on?
Where have you been all my life?
The label says that the grapes for Vigneto Edoardo montepulciano are actually hand-picked by . . . drum roll, please . . . Edoardo. Or rather, Ed Lauber, a longtime wine importer.
Does Ed actually pick the grapes? I don’t know. But I do know that everything about this dark red elixir is wonderful, unless you require sweetness in your red. It’s almost a meal in itself: a full, dusty-delicious mouthfeel. Real, natural fruit without that high-fructose-sweetness you often get, and zero California-chemical. Tastes of fresh blackberries, rhubarb and cinnamon, with a side order of dry minerality.
It’s a bit expensive (for this website), but Vigneto Edoardo montepulciano is definitely:
Recommended.
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