La Valentina Bellovedere Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2021

La Valentina Bellovedere Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2021
La Valentina Bellovedere Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2021

La Valentina's Bellovedere is the winery's highest expression of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. It is a single-vineyard wine from the subzone of Terre dei Vestini, in the rolling hills near the Abruzzo coast and the city of Pescara. The Bellovedere is intended to demonstrate the great possibilities of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, and as such the wine is produced only in the years with great weather conditions and fully mature grapes. The Bellovedere vineyard takes its name from a park in the center of Spoltore with a view of the vineyards and the ridgeline of the Gran Sasso peaks behind, as shown on the label.

Critical Acclaim

94 Vinous

A burst of mentholated herbs mixes with shavings of dark chocolate, cedar and rum-soaked black currants as the 2021 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Bellovedere smolders up from the glass. This is silken in feel yet somehow weightless and elegant, with cooling acidity and a polished wave of mineral-drenched blackberry fruit. It leaves a web of fine-grained wood tannins offset by a bump of residual acidity, tapering off long and potent with a tart saturation of salted licorice. This is a more refined and precise edition of Bellovedere, which I, for one, am enjoying very much.

92 James Suckling

A full-bodied, bold and heady red that has aromas of cloves, vanilla, plums, mocha and dates. It’s chewy and broad with wood-soaked tannins. Concentrated and dense. From organically grown grapes. Try from 2026.

91 Wine Spectator

This well-oaked red is fragrant with black licorice, vanilla, and marjoram notes, an aromatic thread winding through a focused core of blackberry paste, crème de cassis, olive tapenade, and mineral flavors. Sculpted and tightly meshed today, this medium- to full-bodied version opens nicely with air and should show well with some time in the cellar. Best after 2027.

La Valentina Bellovedere Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2021

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