Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC – Emidio Pepe – 2022

The wine Montepulciano d’Abruzzo from Emidio Pepe

The Montepulciano d’Abruzzo from the Emidio Pepe winery is a wine that fully represents the quality of the Abruzzo products. It is produced with Montepulciano grapes grown in a biodynamic way. Even in the most critical years herbicides and chemical fertilizers are not welcome in the vineyard where only copper crystals and sulfur from the mine are used.

THE WINEMAKING

The harvest is strictly manual and, once in the cellar, the grapes are de-stemmed by hand. Fermentation uses only indigenous yeasts and  it takes place in old wooden vats. The aging, which lasts about 24 months is curried out in traditional vitrified cement tanks. Follows bottling without filtration. The wine then rests a few more months in the cellar before being placed on the market.

Tasting the wine from Emidio Pepe winery

Intense ruby ​​red. The aroma is elegant with notes of red fruit that intertwine with pleasant spicy hints. Soft and round on the palate with important but very velvety tannins. Persistent with a perfect synchrony between the aromas and the taste. It is an excellent wine if drunk young but it can surprise you with aging.

FOOD PAIRINGS

Perfect with red meat and hard cheeses. Must try with beef filet.

N.B: all Emilio Pepe bottles are numbered.

THE AWARDS

2020
– Robert Parker – 95/100

2018
– 3 vines (wine of great stylistic and organoleptic profile) by the 
– Veronelli 88/100