2020 Feudo Montoni Vrucara Nero d’Avola Riserva

A rich, generous Nero with mildly firm, chewy tannins and a long, concentrated finish.

Deep black dark red colour with a vibrant dark red hue. A mix of dark to morello cherry and liquorice scents greet the nostrils with impressive aromatic intensity. Earth, dried herb, incense and spice notes ensue. Rich dark cherry, liquorice and morello cherry fruits are layered across the mid weighted palate with plenty of generosity and flesh. Earthy incense, dried herb and spice elements lie underneath. Mildly firm, chewy tannins with a long, concentrated finish that’s loaded with fruit, dried herbs and earthy incense like characters.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 14%

Other Reviews…..
Tasted from magnum, the organic Feudo Montoni 2020 Sicilia Nero d'Avola Vrucara is a wine that vintner Fabio Sireci has been working to improve for many years. It remains one of the best expressions of the grape on the market today. Since the 2017 vintage, it has included 15% stems. The "progetto raspi" is something that was passed down from Fabio's father, Elio. The trick is to avoid the bitterness of the stems, something Fabio does by sun-drying the fruit on cane mats as if it were an appassimento. The wine ages in cement for 40 months. The fruit comes from a 2.2-hectare site with clay and sand at 500 meters in elevation. This vintage (with 4,800 bottles created) shows a very ripe fruit profile with blackberry, baked plum and grilled herb. Those robust flavors fold into a medium-plus mouthfeel that is indeed soft and plush, with no astringency. Soft mineral tones give a sense of brightness to the finish. Drink 2024-2032.
93 Points
Monica Larner – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

A sheen of spicy oak and sweet lavender gives way to crushed wild blueberries and hints of confectionery spice as the 2020 Vrucara smolders up from the glass. This is elegant and polished in feel. Ripe red and blue fruits swirl across a stream of cooling acidity as a coating of fine-grained tannins saturates the palate toward the close. It finishes structured and long with a deep swath of blackberries and mocha. The 2020 is still incredibly young, but it’s quite complex. It will require time to integrate its oak and come fully into balance. Drink 2026-2034.
93 Points
Eric Guido - Vinous