"This bottle of Emidio Pepe's 2001 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is incredibly dark in color. It is a rich, concentrated wine bursting with black cherries, smoke, tar and underbrush. This is normally a more restrained wine, but this particular bottle was especially rich and dense. Pepe's Montepulciano's are legendary for their ability to age beautifully and I have no doubt that will be the case here as well."

— Antonio Galloni, Vinous