Radices - Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC 2010 - Sergio Del Casale

Taste: full, warm, full-bodied. Sweet and balanced tannin. With a long and persistent finish. Serving temperature: to be served in balloon glasses at a temperature of about 18/20 ° C. Alcoholic content: 14% vol. Pairings: important first courses, chitarrina with mutton, abruzzese timbale, pappardelle with wild boar, porchetta, fillet with green pepper, lamb. View: intense red with purplish and purple hues. Nose: scent of red fruit, blackberry and cherry jam, hints of violets. Appreciable nuances of vanilla, cocoa, hazelnut, leather, licorice and black pepper. Winemaking: selection and harvesting of the grapes by hand, long maceration of the skins at a controlled temperature. Refinement: initial refinement in stainless steel tanks with subsequent stay in large barrels, until reaching a structural complexity necessary to support further evolution in small barrels. This procedure fixes and enhances the congenital fruity peculiarities of the Montepulciano grape.