Valentini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Vintage:2012 round and sophisticated mouth feel

round and sophisticated mouth feel to the intensely mineral-driven flavors that are shaped by firm and dense yet fine-grained tannins

the latter of which really comes up on the super-saline finish that is explosively long

This is quite ripe

As readers will remember

This bottle of 1998 Lafleur exudes such mineralité on the nose that it is rendered more distant and less appeasing to the senses than the 1999 Lafleur

Valentini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Vintage:2012 round and sophisticated mouth feelLight, snappy tannins frame flavors of crushed black cherry, mandarin orange peel and ground anise in this light bodied, balanced red. Fresh and easy drinking. Drink now through 2019. 18,000 cases made. AN