The wine region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is located in the region of Toscane of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Manvi or the Domaine Montemercurio produce mainly wines red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano are Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano often reveals types of flavors of iron, dried herbs or dried fig and sometimes also flavors of toffee, stone or dried cranberry.
In the mouth of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 210 estates and châteaux in the of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, producing 378 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
wines from the region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of beef mironton, rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream or oven roasted chicken.
On the nose in the region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or minerality. In the mouth in the region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
