2021 Montiano
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Showing dark color and inky concentration, the Famiglia Cotarella 2021 Montiano Cotarella is a super elegant and complex wine. Its creator, Riccardo Cotarella, says, "This is the Montiano of my dreams." The winemaking team worked carefully on destemming in order to keep berries intact going from the belt to steel fermenters without pumps. They do twice-daily punch-downs, allowing for a slow and easy fermentation. This wine shows a special silkiness with round cherry, blackberry and spice. It offers terrific balance.
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Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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The 2021 Montiano is intense from the first tilt of the glass. It bursts with a blend of cedar shavings, cloves and cocoa before giving way to dried blueberries and sage. This is pure elegance on the palate, velvety smooth yet lifted in feel with cool-toned acidity and a mix of red and black fruits that slowly saturate toward the close. The 2021 tapers off with outstanding length and concentration, leaving grippy tannins and a pleasant blackberry and dark chocolate tinge that puckers the cheeks. This is a beautifully refined Montiano that displays fine integration of oak.