Dei Dei Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva Bossona 2017 750ml

A full-bodied red with lots of crushed-berry and hazelnut character. Chewy yet polished tannins. Structured and attractive, considering the heat of this vintage. And remains fresh. Better in a year or two. Try after 2024. (James Suckling)

It’s hard to put the 2017 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva Bossona down, as it entrances with a dark and rich bouquet of rum-soaked cherries, dark chocolate, tobacco and sweet smoke. This is creamy yet energetic in feel, communicating total elegance, with balsamic-tinged red fruits and inner sage and rosemary tones that add tremendous depth. The 2017 finishes with a mentholated freshness, gobs of primary concentration and a coating of fine tannin, making for a youthfully tense finale but also communicating that there are very good things to come with cellaring. This is like a well-muscled stallion. Wow. (Eric Guido)