Riparosso Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Doc 2020 - Illuminati

Vintage: 2020 Designation: VQPRD Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Doc Riparosso Grapes: Montepulciano 100% Alcohol: 13.50% vol Format: 75cl Pairings: It goes well with roasted red meats, braised meats, game, noble poultry, semi-mature cheeses; ideal with lamb and kid meat.

INSTALLATION CHARACTERISTICS

The vineyards are trained with the 3m x 3m Abruzzo pergola system and therefore about 1,100 vines per hectare, all located on the hills.

TIME OF HARVEST AND VINIFICATION

The grapes are generally harvested in the first ten days of October, after a careful selection, they are destemmed, crushed and vinified according to the traditional "red" method with a long maceration on the skins in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature of 28 °C. Once the malolactic fermentation is complete, the wine is left to age in 25 hl Slavonian oak barrels for a period of approximately 6 months, after which it is bottled. This is followed by an aging in the bottle for 2-3 months before going on sale.