“Deep ruby. Initially reticent aromas open slowly with aeration and a hint at dark red cherry, blueberry, underbrush, plus a perfumed violet topnote. Bright, juicy and suave, with a seamless quality to the tannins that provide backbone to the ripe blue and black fruit and herbal flavors. Finishes long and very pure, with a charming, easy to drink quality, though this will repay cellaring. A suave, silky wine that boasts the most refined tannins of any wine I tasted from Abruzzo this year, but its neither the most complex nor most concentrated Montepulciano dAbruzzo this venerable estate has ever made. That said, its magical texture is one you wont soon forget. The first Montepulciano dAbruzzo released by Valentini since the very great 2006; the six year wait was worth it!. Drink through 2035” Antonio Galloni, Vinous, 94/100