Winemaker Notes
Full, soft and velvety wine with perfect fusion of the flavors of plum, undergrowth and hints of leather and licorice, with an intense ruby red color with violet reflections.
Accompanies rich dishes, in particular white and red meats, game and aged cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A fascinating red with tobacco, granite, and dark berry aromas that follow through to a full body, round and velvety tannins. Juicy finish. Savory. A blend of montepulciano and aglianico.
Montepulciano is the second most planted red variety in Italy after Sangiovese, though it is achieves its highest potential in the region of Abruzzo. Consistently enticing and enjoyable, Montepulciano enjoys great popularity throughout central and southern Italy as well. A tiny bit grows with success in California, Argentina and Australia. Somm Secret—Montepulciano is also the name of a village in Tuscany where, confusingly, they don’t grow the Montepulciano grape at all! Sangiovese shines in yet another Tuscan village, here making the reputable wine called Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
This mountainous region south of Abruzzo comes in second after Valle d’Aosta as Italy’s smallest and least populated region. Wine production is largely reserved for cooperatives with the main varieties as Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Trebbiano d’Abruzzo. Plantings of grape varieties from its neighboring region of Campania—whites Fiano and Greco di tufo and the red, Aglianico—have increased recently.