Sante Lancerio Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

This wine is a tribute to Sante Lancerio, the personal geographer and official cellarman to Pope Paul III during the 16th century. Lancerio is widely regarded as one of history's first sommeliers, having meticulously documented the finest wines of Italy and famously praising the red wines of Montepulciano as fit for lords. The producer, Melini, was founded in 1705 and has played a monumental role in Tuscan wine history, notably inventing the straw-wrapped glass flask in 1860 to facilitate global export.