Farnese
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Farnese 2005 Opi Riserva Montepulciano (Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane)
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- $37
This gorgeous wine bursts open with loads of ripe fruit, blackberry, tar, asphalt and pipe tobacco. It’s a thick, velvety expression with a high caliber of concentration and intensity that would pair with roast lamb or barbecue pork chops. Age 5–7 more years.
— M.L.
(6/1/2012)
Farnese 2007 Opi Riserva Montepulciano (Colline Teramane)
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- $35
This hearty red is packed tight with superintense aromas of black fruit, leather, tobacco and roasted espresso bean. Bold, big and meaty, this is richly extracted and inky dark. Pair it with aged Pecorino cheese.
— M.L.
(10/1/2012)
Farnese 2001 Opis Montepulciano (Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane)
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- $33
Here's a nicely aged Riserva Montepulciano (it sees ten months in oak) that oozes darkness: dark burgundy in color with blackberry, plum, black cherry, tar, mocha-fudge and exotic spice aromas. Built like a rock: it's plush and concentrated in the mouth with tight tannins.
— M.L.
(2/1/2007)
Farnese 2004 Opi Riserva Montepulciano (Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane)
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- $39
Careful oak aging has shaped a hearty and deeply concentrated Montepulciano d’Abruzzo that boasts pretty aromas of black fruit, spice, black stone and graphite. The wine is soft and very fruity with loads of lush cherry flavors.
— M.L.
(2/1/2009)
Farnese 2006 Opi Riserva Montepulciano (Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane)
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- $37
Opi Riserva is a dense wine (in a heavy bottle) that would pair with spicy barbecue sauce and succulent grilled meats. The wine is redolent of mature fruit, blackberry jam, exotic spice, clove and cinnamon. It’s a soft, sticky expression with long spice flavors on a slightly sweet finish.
— M.L.
(6/1/2012)
Farnese 2008 Edizione Cinque Autoctoni Red (Abruzzo)
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- $43
Made from a blend of five indigenous grapes from Abruzzo and Puglia (Montepulciano, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Negroamaro and Malvasia), this is a soft and luscious wine, with generous aromas of ripe fruit, spice and moist tobacco. There’s a sweet spot on the finish followed by thickly extracted but soft tannins.
— M.L.
(6/1/2012)
Farnese 2005 Edizione Cinque Autoctoni Red (Abruzzo)
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- $46
Very prominent, oak-related notes of clove, nutmeg, wild spice, molasses and toast are lavished over the natural fruit of this ambitious blend of five indigenous Italian varieties (Montepulciano, Primitivo, Sangiovese, Malvasia Nera and Negroamaro). It’s a plump and succulent wine with dense concentration and loads of spice on the finish.
— M.L.
(2/1/2009)
Farnese 2007 Edizione Cinque Autoctoni Red (Abruzzo)
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This is a bold, bulky blend of five indigenous grapes from central Italy that shows jammy aromas of blackberry pie and raspberry preserves, followed by white button mushroom and wet earth. Tobacco and spice notes arise on the soft, succulent finish.
— M.L.
(6/1/2012)
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