2003 Valdipiatta Rosso di Montepulciano

Shawn Liu

Has this drink at Dino (Cleveland Park, Washington DC). Dean Gold (the owner) is friends with the winery owner and high recommend it as a affordable and excellent red wine, a good alternative to the much more expensive Brunello di Montalcino, for example. I have no idea what he's saying, but the winery stories sound good, Montepulciano rolls off the tongue quite nicely (doesn't that make you sound like you know what you're saying??), and the taste is very nice. This wine is much more complicated than most wine I've come across (like, ten), but it's not bitter or harsh on the tongue like most red wine. It was great with the good cheese and cured meat we ordered. Take my review with a grain of salt. I know my wine like Bush knows his press conference reporters.

Tasting Tags: affordable easy montepulciano red rich