Pietrantonj Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2021

Italo Pietrantonj

Pietrantonj Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2021

750ml
$19.75
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Description

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is one of those wine categories that gets taken for granted. Many of the wines are pretty basic, cheap and mostly made for gulping down with a simple pasta dinner. This wine is the answer to all that mass-produced, no-personality juice. An honest wine from Abruzzo, this montepulciano packs complexity and rusticity into an affordable, delicious Italian table wine. You will find dark fruits countered with earthy, herbaceous, and tobacco notes. It's the perfect wine for everything from gnocchi to lasagna. 

Italo Pietrantonj

A house with records dating back to 1791 and an official start in 1830, Italo Pietrantonj is as old as it gets for wineries from Abruzzo (literally the oldest). Eight winemaking generations deep in the town of Vittorita, Pietrantonj is rich with family heritage and tradition. Now the winery is run by two sisters, Roberta and Alice, whose great-great-great-grandfather Niccolo was the first certified winemaker in the Abruzzo region, gaining a diploma from the Royal School of Conegliano Veneto in 1889. Just over 60 hectares of estate vineyards high up in the rolling hills of the Apinine Mountains are farmed today. In a respectful nod to its roots, the house shows off its 9,500 gallon oak and walnut barrels (now lined with stainless steel for preservation and continued use) from 1870, and two 37,000 gallon tanks lined with beautiful Murano tiles that were built in 1893. A house with as much history as their wines have depth and intrigue, the classic wines of Pietrantonj are not to be missed.

ORIGIN

Abruzzo, Italy

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