2022 Tenuta Terraviva Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane DOCG, Italy (750ml)

WINEMAKER'S NOTES:

Organic wine from the estate’s 18 years old vines and sees 12 months in concrete and three months in bottle before release. Deep cherry red. That typically Italian combination of fruity and savoury aromas. Black fruit, spice, cherry spice and chewy texture. More depth than many wines from this appellation. An honest, food-friendly, chewy, fresh red. A little bit severe if you like, supple, plush red but would be a good food wine with this acid/tannin structure. Not a wallflower. 

TASTING NOTES; 

The 2022 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo opens with a burst of crushed ashen stones, sage and dried black cherries. It washes across the palate with soft textures and tart wild berry fruits, underscored by saline minerals as an air of autumnal spice swirls throughout. This leaves a pleasantly tart concentration of blackberries and hints of sour citrus while finishing gently tannic and long. 

- Vinous, 92 pts.