Salcheto Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano 2015, Docg Tuscany, Italy

🍇 Prugnolo Gentile (Sangiovese) 100%

🧐 Alcohol 13.5%

🍁 My Score 94 Points 

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A very enticing nose with aromas of sour cherries, plums, strawberries, wild herbs, violets, underbrush and light leather notes. On the mouthfeel, medium bodied, dry, tasty elegant texture, fine dusty tannins and fresh acidity. The finish is medium-long with a savoury flavours and sweet and sour fruit flavours lingering.

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I have been a fan of this producer for a very long time reviewing many of their Vino Nobile and their Rosso.  Unfortunately I had not seen this wine here in British Columbia until Lone Tree Cellars started distributing it here. A big thank you for that, I am very grateful. This was exactly what I expected from Sangiovese and much more. Starting with beautiful, stunning aromatics, elegant texture and great flavours. An incredible value and fantastic pairing with pizza. This producer was on the leading edge of sustainable farming. Now I just need to repurchase this superb vintage and put away for a few years and hoping I can exercise restraint 😉 Strongly recommended my wine friends. Cheers 🍷

Salcheto Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano 2006, Docg, Tuscany, Italy

This wine is made with 100% Prugnolo gentile (Sangiovese) with maturation taking place in large Slavonian oak casks and a portion in small French Allier oak barrels, with alcohol coming in at 13.5%.

There is no denying the fact that this wine was made with Sangiovese, it starts with the nose, aromas of sour cherry, plum, currants, savoury spices, old church wood and a touch of earthy funk which blows off after a few minutes out of the bottle. On the mouthfeel, medium bodied, dry, soft seductive fruit, smooth texture, balanced acidity and gritty tannins. Medium length on the finish, smooth, savoury, great flavours with a mild dryness. Lots of finesse and charm in this old school Sangiovese, I truly enjoyed the aromatics and its savoury personality. Nice to see a mature Vino Nobile in our store, perfectly ready to enjoy now or over the next 2-3 years. Strongly recommended, score 91 points.

Purchased November 21, 2012 LCBO New Release (685180) at $24.95 (Part of November 24 NR)

Salcheto Rosso Di Montepulciano 2008, Tuscany, Italy

This 2008 Rosso di Montepulciano is a very fruity and uncomplicated blend of 84% Sangiovese with Canaiolo and Merlot rounding out this blend. The wine was fermented and aged in stainless steel only, no oak aging here. Very aromatic on the nose, with aromas of fresh raspberry, plums, cranberry and floral notes. This wine is medium bodied, framed by dusty tannins, lively acidity and fresh berry fruit flavours. The finish is medium length and fruity. Without the oak aging, it doesn’t have the complexity of their Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano of course but an enjoyable and easy drinking wine at a very good price.  Now what is with the synthetic cork? I am not a fan of synthetic corks, but the strange thing here is the French inscription of “Mis en bouteille au Château Salcheto”  I am sure that my bottle was meant for the foreign market and not the domestic Italian market. Sold like this in the home market, there would be riots in the streets of Tuscany.

This wine was purchased October 29, 2011 LCBO New Release at $17.95

Salcheto Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2005, Tuscany, Italy

It is treat to find a mature vintage of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano in our LCBO stores. A very elegant and sophisticated nose here with dark plums, ripe berries, currants, floral, soft leather, spices and earthy. This wine is medium bodied (13% Alc.) and nicely structered with silky smooth tannins, complex mouthfeel and fresh acidity. The finish is long, savoury and slightly tart. 30% of this Sangiovese based wine was aged in French Allier barriques while the remainder matured in Slavonian oak casks. An honest wine here with a real sense of place, great food companion and a superb value. Need I say, strongly recommended.

This wine was part of the LCBO New Release of August 6, 2011 and priced at $24.95.