Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is a red wine with a denominazione di origine controllata e garantita status produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montepulciano, Italy. The wine is made primarily from the Sangiovese grape varietal, blended with Canaiolo Nero (10%–20%) and small amounts of other local varieties such as Mammolo. The wine is aged for 2 years ; three years if it is a riserva. The wine should not be confused with Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, a red wine made from the Montepulciano grape in the Abruzzo region of east-central Italy.
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is an appellation in Tuscany, Italy. Its rules allow Sangiovese. We track 128 of its wines in stock at 61 shops, from 35 wine houses, from € 12.50; mostly red.
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +4.1 °C · 2,539 GDD · 28 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.8 °C · 2,315 GDD · 41 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | hot +2.2 °C · 2,394 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2023 | 7 | € 15.90 | € 20.00 | – | hotdry harvest +1.5 °C · 2,250 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2022 | 21 | € 14.10 | € 26.02 | – | hotdry +2.1 °C · 2,389 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2021 | 25 | € 12.50 | € 25.00 | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,976 GDD · 55 % rain |
| 2020 | 17 | € 17.60 | € 28.00 | 93.0 (1 wine) | average +0.3 °C · 1,991 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2019 | 15 | € 18.50 | € 34.00 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,050 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2018 | 9 | € 16.90 | € 29.00 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 2,135 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2017 | 2 | € 30.15 | € 45.82 | – | hotdry +1.0 °C · 2,141 GDD · 61 % rain |
| 2016 | 5 | € 26.90 | € 65.00 | 96.0 (1 wine) | average −0.2 °C · 1,889 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2015 | 4 | € 25.90 | € 59.00 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,040 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,803 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2013 | 3 | € 65.00 | € 69.00 | 94.0 (1 wine) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,940 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2012 | 1 | € 38.67 | € 38.67 | – | warm +0.9 °C · 2,127 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.4 °C · 2,005 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2010 | 1 | € 105.00 | € 105.00 | – | cool −0.9 °C · 1,731 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 2,008 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,955 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.4 °C · 2,011 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,955 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,850 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,848 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.2 °C · 2,190 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,837 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,929 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2000 | 1 | € 48.00 | € 48.00 | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,002 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,988 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,921 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,835 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.5 °C · 1,616 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,694 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,997 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,960 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,871 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,696 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,907 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,688 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,913 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,913 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,779 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1985 | 1 | € 45.00 | € 45.00 | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,970 GDD · 46 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −2.1 °C · 1,484 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,800 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,905 GDD · 104 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Vino Nobile di Montepulciano's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Salcheto 20 · Poliziano 9 · Boscarelli 9 · Avignonesi 7 · Tenute del Cerro 6 · LE Bèrne 4 · Carpineto 4 · Cantine Dei 4 · La Braccesca 4 · Contucci 3 · Bindella Tenuta Vallocaia 3 · Tenuta DI Gracciano Della Seta 3 · Fattoria del Cerro 2 · Classica International 2 · Cesiro 2 · Antinori 2