- 92 points -
(Vintage 2018)A rich, layered red with ripe-berry, dark-chocolate and walnut aromas and flavors. Full-bodied and intense. Flavorful finish. Better in a year or two. Try after 2021.
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Rubesco
2014
It all began with Rubesco, the iconic label of the Cantine Lungarotti winery, whose name derives from the Latin “rubescere”, to blush. Today the Umbrian group, guided by Chiara Lungarotti (C.E.O.) and her sister Teresa Severini, produces 2.5 million bottles each year of 27 different wines exported to 50 countries worldwide from 250 hectares of vineyards (between the Torgiano and Montefalco estates), with an overall turnover of 10.3 million Euros. With these figures Cantine Lungarotti can be...
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A rich, layered red with ripe-berry, dark-chocolate and walnut aromas and flavors. Full-bodied and intense. Flavorful finish. Better in a year or two. Try after 2021.
See detailed press reviewRipe plums and cherries on the nose, together with hints of walnuts and light coffee. Medium-to full-bodied with a silky mouth feel and rich fruit. The very fine tannins give a little pull on the finish. Sangiovese and colorino. Drink now.
See detailed press reviewThe 2018 Rosso di Torgiano Rubesco wafts up with a darkly floral and dusty expression, as crushed stone gives way to notes of blackberry and subtle hints of exotic spice. This fills the palate with soft, fleshy textures and a pure display of red and blue fruits; grippy tannins amass toward the close. Wild herbs and inner violet tones emerge through the lightly structured finale, along with framing tannins that punctuate the experience nicely. The Rubesco is a classic blend of 90% Sangiovese and 10% Colorino that should show even better after a year or two of cellaring.
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