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Fattoria La Valentina Montepulciano d'Abruzzo(2002)
Nose of cherry cough syrup, plum, cedar and cigar box. Flavor of plum and tobacco. Acidity not yet integrated, but this also helps make this an outstanding food wine when coupled with beef and/or tomato-based dishes; it actually improves the taste of your food.
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June 2007
- Number 86 on Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2004! Plenty of soft and spicy character with hints of black pepper, even eucalyptus. Medium-bodied, with round and velvety tannins and a long finish. Very well done. Tuscan enologist Luca d'Attoma has turned this winery around. Drink now through 2008. 11,600 cases made.
- November 2006
- Nose of cherry cough syrup, plum, cedar and cigar box. Flavor of plum and tobacco. Acidity not yet integrated, but this also helps make this an outstanding food wine when coupled with beef and/or tomato-based dishes; it actually improves the taste of your food. Drunk by itself the wine is not as pleasurable.
- September 2006
- Still drinking exceptionally well. Enjoyed with dinner of Szechuan Green Beans, Chow Fun and London Broil. It married perfectly. It is unusual to find a wine that tastes great with spicy food, but this one does. I feel this wine is especially suited to accompanying food.
- December 2005
- Enjoyed 2 bottles with friends to accompany a ""Beef Barolo"" Italian dinner. The wine is in a really good place right now. It proved to be an outstanding accompaniment to the main dish which was basically a beef roast braised in a full bottle of Barolo wine.
