Lepore - Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 'Re' DOCG

Lepore - Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 'Re' DOCG 

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: It is the perfect match for game dishes and farmyard meat.

 Alcohol level 14.5% Vol.

Best served at 18-20°C

 Manufacturing technique: After the stalk-stripping of grapes, carefully selected and hand-picked in an area with a very suitable micro-climate, controlled-temperature maceration (26-28°) is carried out in horizontal wine-making tanks for 10-14 days. After one-year racking, the wine ages 8 months in 225-liter barriques. It is then refined in bottles for at least 12 months before being ready for consumption.

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

Fragrance: rich, ripe fruit bouquet with spicy features and a pleasant almond hint.

Taste: full-bodied, serious, rightly tannic, soft and balanced, typical final liquorice hint.