At tasting it has an impenetrable ruby red color. Scent of red fruit and black cherry jam on everything, light notes of cocoa and toasting complete the bouquet. Warm taste, rightly tannic and therefore soft, intense, and with the typical almond finish. Ideal with cold cuts, grilled and baked meats, first courses with very structured sauces.
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2012 “The jewels of the Queen” Notes of spices, red fruit and chocolate anticipate a taste on warm notes and a finish of white chocolate and coffee.
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2011 “The jewels of the Queen” A great wine, with balsamic and mineral notes that are integrated with spice and fruit. Very pleasant chocolate and coffee finish.
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2010 “The jewels of the Queen” very good for quality and quantity. The red fruit is predominant on the spicy aromas, dynamic, rich with a still evident acidity, and with a very interesting spicy finish.
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2009 "The jewels of the Queen" a humid spring and a hot summer reduced the quantity of grapes, notes of Mediterranean scrub and red fruits are accompanied by a memory of brackish, a wine that has not been able to find a own identity.
The complexity of this intense ruby red wine, sensual and enveloping, is expressed in the bouquet that immediately recalls withered flowers and red fruit jam. A pleasant spiciness of licorice, black pepper, cloves and vanilla emerges with toasted hints of coffee and tobacco. Maximum Expression: 12-15 years. Vinification: Short drying in the vineyard, permanence of 20 - 22 days on the skins with pumping over in the air, followed by static decanting in large barrels. Subsequently the wine is left to refine for 12 months in 50 hl barrels and 12 months in barriques and then rests for 12 months in the bottle.
Intense and complex, at the first approach it is naturally expressed with ripe red fruit but then strikes for the intensity of the tertiaries: green pepper, coffee, licorice and nutmeg. A full-bodied and rightly tannic wine with a long persistence and great elegance. Maximum Expression: 8-10 years. Vinification: Permanence of 18 days on the skins with pumping over in the air, followed by static decantation in large barrels. The wine is aged for 12 months in barriques and then rests for 12 months in the bottle
The lively nuances of red please the eyes of this wine, which presents itself with hints of ripe red fruit, cherries, plums and floral notes. The soft tannins give great drinkability and pleasantness. Vinification: 7-10 days on the skins with pumping over in the air, followed by aging in steel and 9 months in 25hl wooden barrels.
