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Pergole Torte, Montevertine 2003

Tasting Notes

Wines like this are so very rewarding. This was a difficult vintage, and you could instinctively downgrade a wine from such a scorching hot growing season. Instead, the 2003 Le Pergole Torte delivers unexpected surprises. It meets the high-quality bar achieved at Montevertine. With fruit picked on September 22, this vintage represents the estate's earliest harvest. This is also the Le Pergole Torte with the lowest acidity ever made. Despite these red flags, the wine delivers a full bouquet with dark mineral notes, succulent fruit, plum and prune. You also get hints of dry hay, black olive and campfire ash. One basic truth remains: By all accounts, this wine should be dead by now. Instead, there is life left within. 2018-2028

93
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, March 2018
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