- Cultivated organically
- Dedicated to Caterina’s father Glauco who passed in 2018
- 100% Prugnolo Gentile from a 1.5 hectare plot of the Piaggia vineyard in the Martiena cru
- Vines planted in 2005
- 370 meters above sea level with clay and tufa soils
- Fermented on the skins with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel for 25-35 days
- Aged exclusively in 33 hectoliter Slavonian cask for 24 months prior to bottling
- Rested in bottle for one year before release
- Approximately 300 cases produced annually
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2017
Country:
Italy
Region:
Tuscany
Appellation:
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Variety:
Sangiovese
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | IT-DEI-41-17 | 6/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
92
Date
2021-08-16
"This is full-bodied and well balanced with good red-cherry fruit and a decent dose of riserva-style oak. Nicely structured, but the fruit a lacks a little of the vibrancy that would create better balance. It,s a little oaky and dry at the end. Give it a year or two to soften."
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2021-12-15
"The 2017 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Madonna della Querce lifts up with a rich, smokey and slightly exotic display, with crushed cherries giving way to sweet herbs and tobacco. It,s silky and pliant. Salty minerals add pleasurable traction, creating a cascading feel to its ripe red and black fruits, as a laser beam of acidity keeps it all in check. There,s such intensity here, yet the tannins frame it well. This tamed beast of a wine needs a couple of years of cellaring to come fully into focus."
Wine Enthusiast
Score
92
Date
2022-02-09
Jancis Robinson
Score
16.5
Date
2025-07-10
"Mid to deep ruby. Lifted and a little heady on the nose with rich but not sweet cherry fruit. Polished, rich cherry and damson fruit with a big layer of slightly bitter, sandy tannins underneath. Definitely needs food to shine. (WS)"
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2019
Vinous
Score
94+
Date
2025-02-04
"The 2019 Nobile Madonna della Querce smolders up from the glass with an array of grilled herb, crushed ashen stone, black raspberry and white smoke aromas. This is cool-toned and sleek with ripe blackberry and cherry notes that flow across textures of pure silk as perfumed inner florals swirl throughout. It finishes long and classically dry, leaving sweet tannins and nuances of cocoa to contrast on the palate, all lifted by a tinge of residual acidity. Bravo."
2019
Wine Spectator
Score
94
Date
2025-10-15
"This red is beginning to exhibit tertiary flavors of autumn woods and truffle, along with raspberry, tomato leaf, sanguine and tobacco flavors. Smooth, complex and accessible, with a long, mineral-infused aftertaste. Drink now through 2033.—B.S."
2015
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2019-11-07
2015
Wine Enthusiast
Score
94
Date
2020-04-01
2015
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2020-03-26