Although Montepulciano is almost always an easy drinking wine in this case it is lost, or perhaps I am, in too many letters and numbers. The wine was bottled by ICQRF/4495/IT on behalf of TG SRL 72015. If we dig further are there Cayman and Bulgarian offshore accounts involved further complicating the matter. Wanna bet this was the house wine for a Berlusconi Bunga Bunga Party. And if numbers and letters are getting a bit fishy a Luca Maroni 95 rating casts a further cloud of suspicion over this wine! OMG are punters involved here?
Aroma: A good measure of black cherry, blueberry, blackberry and roadside diner chocolate cream pie.
Palate: Easy going and smooth reminding me of that 2 Euro Montepulciano you filled up in 1.5 litre water bottles back in 2002 in Tuscany and no insult intended as it was very quaffable! Mostly blackberry and blueberry with a hint of milk chocolate. Acidity is hiding under a rock.
Personality: I am not sophisticated, just straightforward and delicious. Quite quaffable in the summer heat provided chilled down.
Food Match: Being the fancy, sophisticated know it all wine writer I am blowing my cover by suggesting pair with a COSTCO Vegan Mushroom Stew recipe or whatever they are serving at your next Bunga Bunga party if your eyes are wide shut.
Cellarbility: Keep it around until the end of 2025 but it will not improve.
Price: $17 CDN (Ontario).
RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 89/100. Luca Maroni 95. Silvio Berlusconi 106.
(Ferrovieri 2022 Montepulciano DOP, TG SRL 72015, Fasano, Italy, 14%, 750 mL).
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