Illuminati Ilico Montepulciano D'abruzzo Riserva 2020
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Category | Red Wine |
Varietal | |
Brand | Illuminati |
Origin | Italy, Abruzzo, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo |
Alcohol/vol | 13.5% |
Ilico is ruby red with a hint of purple in its early stages. On the nose red fruit notes are pleasant and persistent. A full-bodied wine, deep, round, ripe and persistent with a final hint of licorice. It is best served with roasted red meat, braised meat, game, noble poultry, lamb and medium-aged cheeses.
Station Plaza Wine
- spw94
We had this with a Chicken Abruzzese and it was like magic. Well rounded with herbal spring garden notes rose pedal scents and a dry strawberry finish.
Vinous
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The 2020 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Ilico opens with a burst of crushed blackberries, underbrush and ashen stone. It's silky-smooth with polished red fruits that form beneath an air of inner violet florals. This finishes long and staining yet only lightly structured with a bump of residual acidity that maintains a lovely balance.
Wine Spectator
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Lightly floral and spiced, this fragrant red is elegant and medium-bodied, with light, supple tannins and lively acidity framing notes of wild cherry and strawberry fruit, dried thyme and lavender. Reveals a minerally underpinning of iron and smoke. Drink now. 2,500 cases made, 1,250 cases imported.