Tasting - Cantina Zaccagnini Montepulciano D'abruzzo

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Name: Cantina Zaccagnini 

Variety: Montepulciano

Region: Abruzzo

Country: Italy

Year: 2021

Price: $17.99


Store Review:

"A rustic and easy drinking Italian Montepulciano wine! It's a clear deep purple color, with aromas of dark cherry, bramble, violets, and musty leather. Quite smooth on the palate, it is medium plus bodied, moderately acidic, with rich concentrated fruit, and nicely balanced. There are flavors of black plum, tart black cherry, dried herbs, lavender, and tobacco leaf. Moderate grippy tannins, and a dry, long finish. Serve with juicy smoked beef brisket with coleslaw."


Wine Folly:

pg.135 - Montalcino's red wines according to Wine Folly, are known for being high quality wines with an earthy flavor and smoky-sweet finish to its taste when made with care. I definitely picked up the earthy flavor of the wine but it did not have the smoky-sweet finish to it that I had hoped for. 
pg. 248 - Montepulciano is a common variety in Italy and they are typically in the region of Abruzzo just like this wine. As it says on pg. 249, the wine is certainly earthy and has a noticeable acidity but I was expecting more from this wine.

My Review:

From what I have read on the love for this variety and this region of wine, I really expected better from this wine. This was my first tasting of wine that didn't originate from the United States and thus my expectations may have been a bit higher but this may be my least favorite red wine that I have tasted yet. It was earthy as it stated it would be but to me this isn't a desirable trait, especially if I'm having it on it's own without a food to pair and also if the wine seems to be missing important flavor profiles that are usual for this region and this variety. I think that I got a bad bottle that may have not been cared for or perhaps the brand is not comparable to others when it comes to this type of wine, so I'm going to give it another try with a different brand for next time. (6.2/10).





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