Lepore - Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC

Lepore - Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC

Production area: Company-owned vineyards located in the southern area of the Municipality of Colonnella.

 Soil: Clayey, medium texture, poor. Average altitude of vineyards: 250 metres above sea level.

 Employed grapes: 100% Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

 Consume with: Red meat and spicy, medium-seasoning cheese

 Alcohol level 12.5% Vol.

Best served at 18°-20°C

 Manufacturing technique: After the stalk-stripping of grapes, hand-picked in the 12-hectare company-owned area, controlled-temperature maceration (26°-28°) is carried out in horizontal wine-making tanks for 8-10 days. After a few-month racking, the wine ages partly in 10-hl oak barrels and partly in 225-liter barriques. It is then refined in bottles for at least 6 months before being ready for the market.

 Organoleptic features: Colour: dark ruby-red with garnet-red hues.

Fragrance: rich and complex bouquet, combining fruity hints with more mature and ethereal sensations, typical liquorice hint.

Taste: warm, rightly tannic and surprisingly persistent. Excellent final liquorice hints.