WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
The 2020 Montiano is intensely ruby red in color, with aromas of blackberries, blueberries and ripe cherries on the nose intertwining with hints of sweet spice. The palate is robust, supple, elegant, and refined. Comprising a generous finish with silky, well-integrated tannins, the 2020 Montiano will continue to age well over time.
TASTING NOTES:
The Famiglia Cotarella 2020 Montiano Cotarella starts off in new barriques that are eventually passed over to the Sodale program. This vintage shows a nice blast of varietal typicity with lots of cherry and blackberry. There is an amalgamated softness and roundness thanks to 14 months in oak. You get a savory side with tobacco and barbecue spice with soft tannins and thick texture.
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 pts.
A very pretty wine with blackcurrants, minerals, dark chocolate and some toasted oak. Perfumed, refined and polished in nature. It’s medium-bodied with a refined texture and a persistent finish. Elegant and bright. Attractive now, but better in a year or two.
- James Suckling, 93 pts.
The 2020 Merlot Montiano is youthfully dark and brooding, smoldering up from the glass with an exotic blend of crushed black raspberries, blueberries, blood orange and incense. This is elegant and refined. Brilliant acidity energizes a core of vibrantly ripe red and blue fruits. A chalky air of violet pastille coats the palate. It's impossibly long and staining through the finale, with sweet tannins that frame the experience perfectly without slowing its momentum. This sun-kissed vintage of Montiano Merlot aims to please yet never falls out of balance.
Rating: 93+
- Vinous, 93 pts.
A harmonious red, with plum sauce and sun-dried black cherry fruit flavors underscored by savory notes of loamy earth and herbed olive. This is medium- to full-bodied and elegant, integrating fine-grained tannins that firm the finish of paprika and anise spice accents. Drink now through 2034.
- Wine Spectator, 92 pts.
