APPELLATION
DOC

AREA
Abruzzo (Central Italy)

GRAPES
Montepulciano

ALCOHOL LEVEL
13% vol.

BOTTLE SIZE
750 ml

VINIFICATION AND AGEING
The grapes, are softly pressed in cylinders under pressure gently breaking their skins and releasing the juice. The must macerates on the skins for about a week in stainless steel vinifi ers at a temperature of about 28° - 30° C. (82° - 86° F.). After the alcoholic fermentation is over, the wine undergoes also the malolactic fermentation, a process that lowers total acidity and makes wines seem rounder and fuller in fl avour. The wine is then placed to age in large Slavonian oak casks.

COLOUR
Brilliant, attractive and warm ruby-red colour.

BOUQUET
Broad bouquet, with well-defi ned scents of bitter almonds against a faint background of wild berries.

FLAVOUR
Smooth, full-bodied with notable personality and outstanding persistence.

SERVING TEMPERATURE
Serve at 18° - 20° C. (64° - 68° F.)

FOOD MATCHES
The wine can be consumed throughout a meal and makes a particularly fine accompaniment for tasty pasta dishes, risottos, grilled red meat and cheeses that have been aged for moderate to long periods.