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Ripe peach, dried pineapple, apricot stone, flint and toasted hazelnut on the nose. It’s full-bodied with bright acidity. Layered and textured with a long, concentrated finish. Fantastic. Drink or hold.” -James Suckling, Feb. 2021

Pretty aromas of rosehip, pomegranate, raspberry, blueberry, orange zest and cedar. It’s medium-bodied with sleek, fine tannins. Wonderfully silky and juicy with an abundance of freshly crushed berries. Very fine. One of the finest wines they have made. Drink or hold.

A medium-bodied red with aromas and flavors of cherries, fresh herbs, citrus zest and red tea. Soft tannins and a fruity finish. Drink now. Screw cap.

Light orange-pink color. Delicious Rose’: round and medium-full bodied, it has intense flavor (cherry, plum, lemon peel, herbs), good balance and long, lightly tannic finish. Great value. Can develop with several more months of ageing. -Ronn Wiegand.

No. 56

A big, structured red with cherries, blackberries and bark, as well as some mushroom character. It’s full-bodied, very rich and layered. Serious Chianti Classico. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

The 2018 Rosso di Montalcino is very pretty, showing musky, bright cherry, dried roses and savory spice. There’s remarkable purity here, with soft textures giving way to tart wild berry fruit complemented by zesty acids. It’s dry and lightly structured throughout the finale with lasting inner florals and a twang of sour citrus. This is far from your typical Rosso. The Costanti Rosso is a barrel selection that matures for one year in a combination of 60% tonneaux and 40% new 35-40 hectoliter barrels.

— Eric Guido

The 2018 Rosso di Montalcino Ginestreto is a gorgeous expression of Sangiovese fruit, showing spiced black cherries with hints of clove, sage and dusty florals. It’s ripe and generous yet also perfectly balanced, blending wild berry fruit with salty minerals, as zesty acids keep its energy high. There’s a bit of a tannic tug here, but it never gets in the way of this truly enjoyable Rosso; instead it just punctuates the expression perfectly. It will be hard to keep your hands off, but another year in bottle may bring out further depths.

— Eric Guido

Dried roses, cherries, dried leaves and orange zest on the nose. It’s full-bodied with firm, chewy tannins, but mellowing nicely now. Drink or hold.” -James Suckling, Jan. 2021

This is a relatively new single-vineyard wine from Boscarelli. The 2016 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Costa Grande opens to a beautifully dark color with saturated highlights of ruby and garnet gemstone. The bouquet is fine and bright, with vertical aromas of crème de cassis, dried cherry and wild rose. Sangiovese usually offers some earthy tones of forest floor or porcino mushroom, and you get those here too. These various fragrances are wrapped up neatly into the wine’s tight, mid-weight texture. Dusty or dry tannins give the wine a slender or streamlined finish. – Monica Larner, Dec. 2020

Luca de Ferrari’s 2015 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva Sotto Casa draws its fruit from a flat piece of land on the little road that leads to Boscarelli’s main residence. Sotto casa means “in front of the house” in Italian. Like many of these samples from Montepulciano, the 2015 vintage delivers more intensity and latitude compared to the 2016 vintage that generally appears more vertical and sharp. There is more meat on the bones in the sunny 2015 vintage, resulting in wines that are redolent of dark cherry, dried blackberry, spice and earth. However, the tannins are a bit dry and dusty. – Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, Dec. 2020