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Montevetrano 2011 150cl

IGT | Colli di Salerno | Italy
CHF 108.10
Critics scores
94 James Suckling
This is a racy and beautiful red with spices, dark fruits and a smoky, light vanilla undertone. It's full-bodied but super polished. Very fine tannins. Flavors go on for minutes. A beauty now but much better in 2015 when the tannins soften. A blend of merlot and aglianico.
92 Robert Parker
The 2011 Montevetrano is an IGP blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 30% Aglianico. It is the quintessential "super Campania" wine and has enjoyed world wide fame thanks to this fact. The 2011 vintage opens to a dark, brooding appearance and thick aromatic layers that peel back one item at a time. You'll recognize tones of cured meat, sandalwood, Spanish cedar, cinnamon, ripe fruit and blackberry preserves. The 2011 vintage heat is evident here. The tannins are soft and sweet. This is an impressive wine, but it needs more time to find full integration.  Silvia Imparato and her family run this five-hectare vineyard in the Contrada Montevetrano, located in the province of Salerno. She works with consulting enologist Riccardo Cotarella and the estate was founded in 1991. The Campania Aglianico Core is a new wine that sees fruit sourced from vineyards in Guardia Sanframondi (In Benevento) as well as San Cipriano Picentino (in Salerno).
92 Robert Parker
The 2011 Montevetrano is an IGP blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 30% Aglianico. It is the quintessential "super Campania" wine and has enjoyed world wide fame thanks to this fact. The 2011 vintage opens to a dark, brooding appearance and thick aromatic layers that peel back one item at a time. You'll recognize tones of cured meat, sandalwood, Spanish cedar, cinnamon, ripe fruit and blackberry preserves. The 2011 vintage heat is evident here. The tannins are soft and sweet. This is an impressive wine, but it needs more time to find full integration.  Silvia Imparato and her family run this five-hectare vineyard in the Contrada Montevetrano, located in the province of Salerno. She works with consulting enologist Riccardo Cotarella and the estate was founded in 1991. The Campania Aglianico Core is a new wine that sees fruit sourced from vineyards in Guardia Sanframondi (In Benevento) as well as San Cipriano Picentino (in Salerno).
91 Wine Spectator
This dark, compact red boasts cassis, blackberry reduction, cedar and grilled herb notes on a full frame, with assertive woodsy tannins marking the spicy finish. Best from 2014 through 2020. 2,500 cases made.
91 Wine Spectator
This dark, compact red boasts cassis, blackberry reduction, cedar and grilled herb notes on a full frame, with assertive woodsy tannins marking the spicy finish. Best from 2014 through 2020. 2,500 cases made.
Producer
Montevetrano di Silvia Imparato
Campanian superstar wine, Montevetrano, burst onto the scene in 1995 and achieved cult status almost overnight. Italian photographer Silvia Imparato initially had just 4 hectares of vines south of Naples and made a little wine in 1991. Encouraged by the results she hired winemaker Ricardo Cotarella to help with the 1992 vintage. In 1995 she sent vintages 1991–1993 to Robert Parker who gave it a high score and famously called it the “Sassacaia of the south”. With this, the wine became sought-after overnight. The vineyard is on a south-facing slope with gravelly soils, and while the first vintage was 70% Cabernet and 30% Aglianico, the blend is now more typically 60% Cabernet, 30% Merlot and 10% Aglianico. Initially just 1000 bottles were made; now production is more like 30,000 bottles. The vineyard area has increased from 4 to 6 hectares and is planned to increase to 11 hectares in the near future; the expansion will stop when production reaches 50,000 bottles.