Praesidium Montepulciano Riserva

The Color is deep red with dark purple at the edges.  The Nose:  This is a full and aromatic wine of rustic red and black berries, with hints of dusty cedar, tar, tobacco and crushed rocks.  On the palate:  This is a big, full bodied wine with lots of tannin, however the tannin is very fine and rounded for a very rich, long fleshy mouth feel.  Flavors mimic the nose with big earthy fruit, dry herbs, graphite and blood.  30 Year old vines which produce a low, but flawless hand harvest.  2012 is the current vintage as each bottle spends 5 years in the winemaking process. No pesticides, or weedkillers used. Praesidium falls under the catagory of a true natural wine.