La Valentina Bellovedere Abruzzo di Montepulciano 6/750 2006

Compelling cedar scents, floral notes, cherries, black tea, and alpen herbs make for a fine introduction. On the palate come even greater layers of brown baking spices, rose petals, cloves, and the sweet duff of a boreal forest floor –these are the scents and flavors that evoke nostalgia and inspire dreams. This is exemplary Montepulciano wine that does the Abruzzi hills very proud for its depth of field.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, March 2012

Food Pairings

Big soups like lentil or barley. Grilled meat. Pasta, pizza and risotto particularly with mushrooms. Burgers and brats.