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Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC Riserva SPELT 2020

TYPE: Red
REGION: Abruzzo
APPELLATION: Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC
VINE VARIETY: Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 100%
FIRST VINTAGE: 1987s

VINEYARD FEATURES

TERROIR
AREA: Spoltore, San Valentino and Scafa districts
VINEYARDS: selection on 20 ha
ALTITUDE: 150-400 meter o.s.l.
EXPOSITION:
 South / South-West
SOIL: Medium clay
TRAINING SYSTEM: pergola abruzzese / Guyot
#  VINES / HA: 1.600 -2.000 / 7.000
AGE OF THE VINES: from 26 to 46 years old
YIELD:
 50 hl. / hectare

HARVEST: 
Handly from the first week of October

WINEMAKING:
Fermentation and maceration for about three weeks in stainless steel tanks.

AGING:
16 months part in 25 hl oak Slavonian barrels and part in barriques and tonneaux, new and 2nd passage. Final refinement after the blending: couple of months  in 25 hl oak Slavonian barrels and almost a year in bottle.

PRODUCTION:
n. 55.000 bottles x  0,75 l. Magnums and Jeroboam available too.

FOOD PAIRING
Baked Lamb and kidskin, grilled meats, arrosticini (local skewer of sheep meat) and lamb chops, pasta with ragù sauce.

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Spelt
2020:
93 pt James Suckling, 93 pt Falstaff; 
2019: 
92 pt James Suckling, 90 Vinous;
2018:
93 pt Falstaff
2017: 92 pt Vinous, 4 Viti AIS, 94 pt Veronelli;