2021: 96 pts Vinous
Wildly perfumed and elegant from the first tilt of the glass, the 2021 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colle Vota wafts up with a bouquet of confectionary spices, dusty dried flowers, incense and dried strawberries. This is graceful and lifted in feel, with chalky mineral tones and woodland berries propelled by tantalizing acidity. A savory herbal tinge lingers through the long and tannic finish as the Colle Vota tapers off with tremendous length and a resonance of lavender pastille. It’s a radiant Montepulciano built for the cellar. – ByEric GuidoonMay 2025

2020: 96+ pts Vinous
The 2020 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colle Vota is a spice box on the nose, with wilted violets and hints of spiced-orange, white smoke, clove and dried black cherries. It’s pleasantly sweet upon entry, with a cool-toned feel and lavender-laced wild berry fruits that gain in tension and complexity as a flinty-mineral concentration forms toward the close. This resonates like liquid velvet, leaving sweet tannins offset by hints of sour citrus, finishing long and potent. The balance within is otherworldly. This elegant and harmonious Colle Vota will pay dividends in the cellar, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it warrants a high score down the road.- ByEric GuidoonJuly 2024

2019: 94+ Vinous
The 2019 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colle Vota is intense, trading grace for power in this vintage, with a burst of dried black cherries, dusty sage, roses and Indian spice forming its bouquet. This splashes across the palate, spicy with ultra-ripe wild berry fruits that saturate, expertly balanced by a core of zesty acidity. The 2019 leaves a staining of primary concentration and grippy tannins, puckering the cheeks with youthful tension as salted licorice and balsamic spice notes fade. The 2019 Colle Vota will require time to fully blossom as it is primary and palate-staining today. Of note, production was down by a whopping 45% due to issues during budding.

Varietal: 100% Montepulciano d’Abruzzo clone adapted to its specific, new environment made up of different soils, subsoils, and microclimate, leading to the development of a new Montepulciano biotype that expresses itself with a very distinct, more perfumed and refined wine
Altitude: 350 meters a.s.l. 1200 feet a.s.l.
Soil: Limestone, marly-clay over a sandstone-rich bedrock
Fermentations: Indigenous yeasts, in stainless steel tanks.
Aging: 24 months in tank, 12 in bottle. (NO OAK)
Colle Vota is not a Riserva but is a Single Vineyard Montepulciano dAbruzzo. The Montepulciano that grows in the Colle Vota vineyard has different characteristics that separate it neatly from all the other Montepulciano we grow in our vineyards at Tiberio. The grape bunches and berries are much smaller, with crunchier and thicker skins. The Colle Vota Montepulciano also takes longer to mature, and this vineyards specific microclimate provides a longer hang time, producing a truly unique Montepulciano wine. Montepulciano dAbruzzo wine made from the Colle Vota grapes are uniquely refined and light on its feet, combining elements reminiscent of Burgundys Pinot Noir and Piedmonts Nebbiolo wines, while maintaining a Montepulciano backbone and soul.