Hey Gary. Love your show. Great energy. You say we shouldn’t confuse Montepulciano with Montalcino but you keep saying Montalcino instead of Montepulciano. take it easy!

hey gary… big time fan and long time lurker. i know a ton of comments have already addressed the issue, but maybe this will help clear up the confusion a lot of people are feeling:

-there is both a village in tuscany called montepulciano and a grape called montepulciano that are not directly related (ancient origins aside).

-the wines that were presented in this show, vino nobile di montepulciano (as well as a wine that requires less aging, rosso di montepulciano) are made primarily from a clone of sangiovese called prugnolo gentile.

-these are different than brunello di montalcino and rosso di montalcino, which both come from around the town of montalcino in tuscany and are made from the same clone of sangiovese, though called locally the brunello clone or sangiovese grosso.

-the grape montepulciano is seen more in le marche as rosso conero and rosso piceno (both blended with sangiovese) and in abruzzo as montepulciano d’abruzzo (as well as other regions).

and not to lose all of my credibility… it easy to say that banfi is not the most boutique brunello producer around (far from it)… but to put them in the same boat with ruffino chianti is totally unfair. banfi makes consistently quality wines year after year… definitely not earth-shatteringly profound, but good nonetheless. ruffino is a different story.

Gary,

Here’s my first thought about these types of wines:

M-O-N-T-E-P-U-L-C-I-A-N-O.

Out of those thirteen letters, I get:

Mon-teh-pull-chee-AH-no.

How do you get:

Mon-teh-CHEE-no?

I won’t even get into no-BEE-lay…

Regards,

Jim Lampley

While I have had these wines for over 30 years, they are not my first choice for similar wines, They always come across as too rustic and too harsh for my tastes.

Hey Gary,
Great show. Nice to see you have such knowledgeable and passionate viewers but geez I think the boys and girls could cut you some slack. It’s hard to pronounce all the letters when you speak that fast. As for the wines perhaps it’s time to give Italy another try. I’ve been so stuck on the frenchies. Right now I’m hooked on Giroflet. If you can find some (only 1000 bottles of the red per year)check it out. And wow only 20 bones to boot.
Bruce

QOTD – I enjoy the old world wines and taste. More rustic and barnyard tastes are good. Please keep telling us about these wines.

Im a huge fan of italian wines in general…especially with food….i wish i had a cellar to put a few of them away, cause unfortunately i drink them when they are too young

Good show, just another one I am going to have to add to the list. Lord the list is getting long.

GV – Thanks for what you do. QOTD – I enjoy your Italy shows since I’m ignorant of Italy. I’m waiting for a huge chunk of time to devote to Italy and these shows help.

never had one. Need one, need one bad.

QOTD: No thoughts. Brain is kind of sluggish right now.

Great show Gary…I like Sangio…Love Brunello, but have not tried the Montepulcino yet! Will do soon.
Cheers

GV – liked the show!
I am a fan of most Italian wines and the VNdM’s are nice quaffs.
I will take a bit of exception to the Banfi Brunello, which I am a fan of, however I understand your point.

You mean (Vino Nobile di)”Montepulciano” don’t you? In the first minute of your video, you repeat “Montalcino” (the home of Brunello)
– vinosseur

to bad, about the wrong wine region. Montepulciano! BUT GOOD SHOW, I love the Italian Tuscan Wines, and had the Cerro Vino Nobile 2005, nice rustic wine, good paring with the pasta bolognese.

Someone was not having a good day… 😉

I thought it was a concise and to the point episode. I knew what you were talking about but I agree that you dropped the ball when you confused Montalcino with Montepulciano. What was up with the distraction of when you guys were going to dinner???? I’d try to keep it more professional…like the Jets. Love the shows, I’m a big fan.

Nice quick show, good for those busy Vayner-heads!

Never had one and yes, I was one of those confused about the Noble and Abruzzo, etc.
Will search them out. Thanks for the knowledge!!!!

Curtis Martin had his best years with the Patriots, good thing we added the likes of Robert Edwards and Antowain Smith to follow him up!

Great show GARY!!!

QOTD: I’ve only tried one type of Montepuliano grape varietal (Barone 2006) and it was damn good!

Nice quick episode, especially since I am catching up. Nice info on a new wine for me.

Gary – its Mon-te-pul-ci-a-no – when you were pronouncing it, it sounded more like Montalcino which may confuse your viewers not that Italy is confusing enough on its own! not to be confused with montepulciano d’abrruzi…ofcourse….i love your show…..we have the same palattes and view points on wine but I had to correct you

QOTD: I agree again about expanding the pal. I have loved trying some of the “other” italians.

Good show and it’s one of the wines I have been enjoying lately.
End is chi-ah-no not chino I believe

QOTD: These wines can be great values for the price, especially when compared to the price structure changes that have happened with Barolo and Barbaresco, as well as with some “Super Tuscans” with over-priced branded names.

Oops Gary you keep on saying Montalcino when you mean to say Montepulciano. Mon-tay-pool-chee-ah-no accent on the ‘ah’. (I took 1 yr of Italian in college)
Hey I hope your Jets win today versus the Raiders.
Oh, nice wristband!
These wines seem very interesting! Dunno if I have tried. Have certainly tried fair share of Sangiovese based Italian wines.