Montepulciano d’Abruzzo | Gran Sasso

About The Producer

Valentino Sciotti is involved with a number of wineries in Puglia, Campania (he is the man behind Vesevo) and his native Abruzzi. The Gran Sasso wines are made by young winemaker Marco Flacco and display a freshness and directness of fruit that is seldom found in this region.

About The Wine

Most Montepulciano at this price comes either from negociants buying bulk wines or from co-ops, neither of whom work as well or as closely with their growers as Valentino and his team. The grapes for this wine are grown in 15-20 year old vineyards situated at approximately 250m above sea level. The grapes were hand-picked earlier than usual in the third week of September and the first week of October. The vintage usually takes place in the first two weeks of October but due to unusually rainy weather, it was brought forward. After maceration and fermentation at temperatures reaching 26-27°C, the wine was aged for five months in temperature-controlled stainless steel until bottling. It was not aged in oak and has 6 g/l residual sugar and 35 g/l dry extract.

Tasting Notes

Deep coloured, clean, fresh and plummy on the nose, rich, supple and accessible on the palate. No oak ageing gives the excellent fruit a chance to shine.