Illuminati Riparosso Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2019

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    Vintage
    2019

    Size
    750ML

    ABV
    13.5%

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    Somm Note

    Winemaker Notes

    Ruby red with a hint of purple in its early stages. Red fruit notes, agreeable and persistent. It reveals itself as full-bodied, deep, ripe, round, harmonic and persistent with a final note of licorice.

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    Illuminati, Italy
    This story begins in 1890 with Nicola Illuminati and his winehouse, Fattoria Nicò. A dream of craftsmanship and love for a generous land that has been handed down generation after generation. In the 1950s, the family decided to market its wine. They started enhancing the value of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo thanks to the shrewdness and determination of Dino Illuminati and later to the foresightedness of his son, Stefano. An innovative approach to winemaking, which still keeps an artisanal touch.

    The success of the company is now ensured by Stefano Illuminati, supported by his brother Lorenzo and the latest generation of the family. This proves how Italy’s excellence is something written in the wefts of time and handed down from generation to generation. A process that requires exchanging ideas, improvement, experimentation and innovation.

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    Montepulciano is the second most planted red variety in Italy after Sangiovese, though it is achieves its highest potential in the region of Abruzzo. Consistently enticing and enjoyable, Montepulciano enjoys great popularity throughout central and southern Italy as well. A tiny bit grows with success in California, Argentina and Australia. Somm Secret—Montepulciano is also the name of a village in Tuscany where, confusingly, they don’t grow the Montepulciano grape at all! Sangiovese shines in yet another Tuscan village, here making the reputable wine called Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.

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    A warm, Mediterranean vine-growing paradise, in Abruzzo, the distance from mountains to seaside is relatively short. The Apenniness, which run through the center of Italy, rise up on its western side while the Adriatic Sea defines its eastern border.

    Wine composition tends to two varieties: Abruzzo’s red grape, Montepulciano and its white, Trebbiano. Montepulciano d’Abruzzo can come in a quaffable, rustic and fruity style that generally drinks best young. It is also capable of making a more serious style, where oak aging tames its purely wild fruit.

    Trebbiano in Abruzzo also comes in a couple of varieties. Trebbiano Toscana makes a simple and fruity white. However when meticulously tended, the specific Trebbiano d’Abruzzo-based white wines can be complex and long-lived.

    In the region’s efforts to focus on better sites and lower yields, vine acreage has decreased in recent years while quality has increased.

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