2011 Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice

The 2011 Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice pours like molten chocolate from the bottle as a bouquet of mentholated herb and orange zest aromas come together with dried black cherry tones and a cascade of spices. It’s weighty and viscous, velvety yet harmonious, with masses of rum-soaked currants and white raisins. This gains a more lifted feel and remarkable freshness toward the close. A pleasant bitter tinge lingers on, mixing cocoa powder and ground clove notes as the 2011 finishes with outstanding length. Poised and refined.