To all Best Winers,
Fabio did it again.
First off, if you were one of the lucky few that scored a few bottles of the 2010 Poggio Scalette Il Carbonaione we sent out earlier this week, congrats.
But we know many of you missed out on that wine and we felt bad. So we went fishing, Best Wines style.
And we came up with a deal that perhaps even trumps the amazing 2010 Il Carbonaione.
Now granted, if you’re playing the numbers, today’s pre-arrival offering did ring in at a whole point less (‘only’ 96 as opposed to the ‘97’ Galloni hung on the Scalette wine)
Yet when it comes to the ‘price per point’ factor, Montepeloso’s 2010 Eneo takes the cake. For value from Tuscany you will find no better than Eneo.
The proof is in the pudding. Look at this list of wines that scored 96 points in Antonio Galloni’s latest report. They are the Best of the Best and the wines that scored higher (Il Carbonaione aside!) are all carrying triple digit prices:
I guess if you could find a bottle of San Giusto’s Ricolma you may have a slim chance of securing a wine that would only be double the price of Eneo for the same quality. Otherwise, again you’re jumping into the 100’s and paying anywhere from 3-15 times as much for a wine of the same caliber.
I’ve been lucky enough to sell Montepeloso’s wines since their first vintage in America (1994 if memory serves) and can vouch for the amazing track record of this truly world-class estate on the Tuscan Coast. The work that Fabio Chiarelotto and his partner Silvio Denz has undertaken at this estate to continually increase quality while maintaining prices is, to my knowledge, unprecedented in this area.
How’s the wine? Well, it’s supposedly even a tick better than the absolutely crushing 2009 we’re selling (of which there are a few bottles left if you’re fast!) but we presume Galloni’s rippin’ tasting note on this Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Alicante and Marselan blend more than likely says it all:
”One of the great wines of this vintage, the 2010 Eneo is dazzling. Subtle hints of earthiness, new leather, smoke, bacon fat, tobacco and savory herbs meld into a core of expressive dark red/black fruit. Nuanced and delicate, yet immensely powerful, the 2010 Eneo has it all. The 2010 keeps getting better and better in the glass. I imagine it will be spectacular in another few years. Actually, it already is...Readers will not want to miss (this) superb wine.”
There you have it. The 96 point 2010 Montepeloso Nardo is available on pre-arrival now at the absurdly great price of $39.88. Delivery anticipated early winter, 2014. All we ask is the usual minimum order of 3 bottles but we think you might be looking for a little more…!
Kyle Meyer and Tristen Beamon, Proprietors, BestWinesOnline.com
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