As well as in many other important areas by the point of view of the wine production diffused almost throughout the whole
Italian territory, in the production area of D.O.C. and D.O.C.G. “Montepulciano” we can find a more structured wine, a so
called “niche product”, the “Nobile of Montepulciano “ and another wine, more accessible by every point of view, the “Rosso”.
Thus you can witness the presence of a binomy made of the wine “Prince” and its “Cadet”. The grape mother of the Nobile is
Prugnolo Gentile, a nobler chlone of the large Sangiovese, a local species of vine that offers a honourable final product.
In the mix of grapes for making “Nobile” wine Prugnolo Gentile goes along with the Canaiolo, Trebbiano, Malvasia and
Mammolo in higher rate.
The established ageing period (according to the Disciplinary) is 2 years in durmast barrels and three for the “riserva”
(“vintage”) series. It is a rubin or garnet red wine, with intense smells of wild fruits, spicy and elegant, with a
balanced taste, harmonic and roundish; the specific data follow beneath:
Grape
- Prugnolo gentile 50-60 %
- Black Canaiolo 10-20 %
- Chianti Malvasia and Tuscan Trebbiano 10-20%,
- other local wines as Pulcinculo, Grechetto and Mammolo up to a maximum rate of 8 %
Colour
Garnet Red tending to brown while ageing.
Smell
Delicate and intense scent of “Viola Odorata” (a species of violet flower)
Taste
Dry, austhere, lightly tannic but warm and velvety.
Alcohol
12,5-13 % vol.
Total Acidity
5,5-7 ‰
Production area
Communes of Montepulciano and Torrita di Siena In 1966 it obtained the D.O.C. acknowledgment and in 1985 the D.O.C.G. one.
