At under $30, with 14,5% alcohol, the 2009 TorCalvano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano scores 17+ Dionysian points on the scale of a possible 20.
It’s just rounding out. Still dark ruby, and filled with red fruits, spices and a hint of earth, this Italian Tuscan wine is many times a better buy than Brunello.
Served with a basic pasta dish with red sauce, the Vino Nobile paired nicely. It had the power to refresh your mouth before each forkful. Italian wines are usually food wines.
If the word “Montepulciano” comes first on a label, it is the name of a grape, usually form Abruzzi, but when the word comes last in a wine label title, it is the name of the village where this “Noble” wine was made from the Sangiovese grape. I’ve had some that held beautifully for 30 years. In Vino Veritas.
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