Kyle Phillips's Italian Wine Review:
"Boscarelli Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG 2010
Deep black cherry ruby with black reflections and cherry rim. The bouquet is spicy, with underlying cedar and slight balsamic accents, but not much in the way of fruit. On the palate it’s more along, with ripe cherry fruit supported by lively cherry acidity and by tannins that are smooth and flow into a long sour cherry finish that gradually fades into warmth. Pleasant, and though the nose does need a year to catch up with the palate, it will be a very pleasant accompaniment to a steak or roast, and also has nice aging capacity. Well worth seeking out."

It comes from the vineyards of Poderi Boscarelli, located in Cervognano, and it is produced with selected grapes to obtain a wine with a good potential for ageing.

Boscarelli includes 35 acres under vine, and a 100,000 total bottle production. Further acreage is in the pipeline, for Paola, Luca and Nicolò purchased a second small homestead in Cortona, few miles northeast of Montepulciano. This second property now counts five acres under vine, including very recent plantings. The additional terrain is not yet productive, the plan is to bring its total surface to 7.5 acres.

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, “king of all wines” according to poet Francesco Redi in the 17th century, bears a family resemblance both to Chianti Classico and Brunello, as it is made from Prugnolo Gentile, a clone of Sangiovese. Family-run, with four decades of winemaking excellence and a track record of vintage-to-vintage consistency, Boscarelli could rightly lay claim to that of ‘appellation leader’. Owner Paola De Ferrari Corradi (now flanked by sons Luca and Nicolo) and star oenologist Maurizio Castelli celebrate a gorgeous style of wine that is vinosity itself, at once combining richness and complexity.
The blend for the Vino Nobile is 90% Prugnolo Gentile with 6% Malvasia Nera and 4% Mammolo from clones of their own old vineyards. Aged 24 months in a combination of large barrels, tonneaux and barrique, the wine is taut and structured with classic blueberry and plum fruit, evolving to violets. Complex and elegant, there are notes of dried herbs, earth and leather framed by firm, well integrated tannins.
The Riserva, issued in outstanding vintages, is a big powerful wine with dark cherry fruit, leather and sweet spice. Made from Prugnolo Gentile with 10% Merlot, it is aged in a combination of small and large barrels for 24-30 months. Nocio dei Boscarelli, named after the old nut – nocio in Italian – tree in the middle of this single vineyard, was planted in 1972. A landmark wine for the appellation, it is 100% Prugnolo Gentile with great structure, concentration and complexity. We ship just sixty bottles because it’s Trembles’ favourite wine!