PolizianoVino Nobile di Montepulciano Vigna Asinone

2004 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Vigna Asinone

Poliziano

92Average Score

Central Italy / Italy

Red

The single-vineyard 2004 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Asinone reveals beguiling aromatics. With air, layers of vibrant dark fruit, tar, smoke, graphite and licorice develop in the glass as this beautifully-balanced wine struts its stuff. Ideally a few years of bottle age are warranted, but this wine is so appealing at the moment that readers might have a hard time waiting. I am confident that in a few years this wine will be even better. The wine’s finesse, tannins and texture are clearly those of a first-class wine. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2024. Jun 2008, www.robertparker.com

Antonio Galloni, Vinous Score: 92/100

Bts

0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace

£45.00

Scores + Notes

Average Score

Antonio Galloni, VinousScore: 92/100

Q&A with Xavier Vignon

The latest Chateauneuf-du-Pape frenzy at FINE+RARE is Xavier Vins - oenologist Xavier Vignon‘s project that has taken Rhone fans by storm. Vignon has worked for many of the top names in Chateauneuf and has become one of the most highly regarded consultant winemakers in the region. He started his negociant business in 2002, when after many years of buying the ...

ON September 1, 2015

Xavier Vignon - A Rhône Radical

Based in the Southern Rhône for the last 25 years, Xavier has amassed a huge following from critics and consumers alike, with his wines often scoring in the high nineties, yet remaining extraordinary value. We caught up with him to find out the secrets to his success Xavier Vignon could best be described as a maverick winemaker whose inquisitive mind ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON April 28, 2020

Petrus - "The Vinous Holy Grail"

** In our previous producer profiles we’ve focused on the five Bordeaux first-growths. Now, we turn our attention to the equally mighty Petrus, the star of Pomerol and producer of some of the world’s finest – and most expensive – wines. Fame and adoration Ask any wine-lover to name the world’s greatest fine wine, and the answer will invariably include ...

ON August 10, 2018

2011 Barolo: vintage report

After one of the most talked-about and commercially successful vintages in Barolo's history, all eyes were on the 2011 vintage. Joss Fowler reports his intriguing findings Following a vintage like 2010 is not easy. 2010 Barolos were not only great quality, they were released to a market primed to buy something new – a market disillusioned with Bordeaux, looking for quality, ...

ON March 19, 2015

Phylloxera: A Vine Pandemic

While medical researchers work furiously in search of a vaccine for COVID-19 in 2020, the response to the phylloxera pandemic in the mid 19th century was remarkably lackadaisical. Following the release of Bollinger’s latest vintage of Vieilles Vignes Françaises, a wine grown from vines planted on its own roots and thus vulnerable to attack by phylloxera, FINE+RARE talks to Denis Bunner, ...

BY Rebecca Gibb MW,

ON May 6, 2020

Product Details

Country

Italy

Region

Central Italy

Sub-region

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window