2024 Technical Specifications
Calories 106 kcal / glass
150ml glass106 kcal
750ml bottle530 kcal
Classification Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Harvest Dates Red-grape harvest ended 3 October 2024; the stated 17 August start applies to the white-grape harvest, not to this wine
Contains Added Sulfites Yes
Production Details The producer's label data list 2.2 g carbohydrates, 0.4 g sugars and 0.1 g salt per 100 ml; ingredients are organically farmed grapes, sulphites and sulfur dioxide, and the wine was bottled under protective atmosphere. The season was dry enough to cause hydric stress by May; rain between the white and red harvests allowed additional Montepulciano phenolic ripening. Red-wine macerations were two days longer than usual.
2021 Technical Specifications
Calories 118 kcal / glass
150ml glass118 kcal
750ml bottle590 kcal
Classification Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Contains Added Sulfites Yes
Production Details The producer declares 1.1 g carbohydrates and 0.1 g sugars per 100 ml; ingredients are organically farmed grapes, sulphites and sulfur dioxide, and the wine was bottled under protective atmosphere. The growing season received only 70 mm of rain through harvest, the driest in twenty years, and grapes were picked before dehydration to protect acidity and potential alcohol.
Tasting Notes Tense and saline, with the recognizable character of a warm vintage
2019 Technical Specifications
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Production Details Hail between the white- and red-grape harvests affected about 40% of the Montepulciano harvest. Picking proceeded slowly to select the best berries, reducing the resulting yield.
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2015 Technical Specifications
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Production Details The family selected 80% of the Montepulciano production for extended cellar ageing.
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2011 Technical Specifications
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Tasting Notes Powerful, structured and dense
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2005 Technical Specifications
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Tasting Notes Faithful and elegant
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2003 Technical Specifications
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Tasting Notes Elegant, integrated tannins; pure, vibrant acidity; faithful expression of a very warm, dry season
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2002 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 13.5%
Grape Varieties 100% Montepulciano
Drinking Window Through 2036 or longer
Classification Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC, Selezione Vecchie Vigne
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Contains Added Sulfites Yes
Unfiltered Yes
Closure Natural Cork
Production Details The producer identifies 2002 as the first Montepulciano vintage to enter its revised decanting regime after twenty years of ageing. In that process each ordered bottle is opened with sediment undisturbed, tasted, transferred neck-to-neck into a fresh bottle, topped with wine from another bottle of the same vintage and recorked under nitrogen. The exact trade listing describes its offered bottles as winery-decanted, checked and recorked, and recommends serving at 18–20°C.
Certifications IT-BIO-003
Tasting Notes Vinous: dried strawberry, cinnamon, dusty rose, red fruit, subtle minerality, gentle tannins and inner sweetness. Jancis Robinson: fresh red fruit, spice, iron, tobacco leaf, pronounced acidity and granular tannins. Vendor note: blackberry, mulberry, forest floor, blood orange, cedar, liquorice and dark chocolate.
Food Pairing Red meat, game, grilled dishes, mature cheese, pizza and baked pasta
Critics Ratings 92
2000 Technical Specifications
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Tasting Notes Enveloping, with rounder tannins than 2001
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1985 Technical Specifications
Region Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Tasting Notes A memorable, warm-season wine regarded by the family as one of its finest and an epitome of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
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Producer Information
Website
Address
Via Chiesi 10, 64010 Torano Nuovo, Teramo (TE), Italy
Phone
+39 0861 856493
Email
Owner
Sofia Pepe; Daniela Pepe
Cellarmaster
Sofia Pepe