Fantini Farnese Organic Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2024

Fantini Farnese Organic Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Region: Abruzzo, Italy

Vintage: 2024

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Montepulciano 

ABV: 13.5%

This Montepulciano is ruby red in colour with garnet highlights. It has an intense but persistent nose, with aromas of sweet spice and hints of chocolate and tar. The wine is full-bodied, well-balanced with good structure and tannins.

The grapes for this Montepulciano come from vineyards in the areas surrounding Ortona, San Salvo, and Pollutri. The vines are 25 to 50 years old, and the vineyards face south-east, with soils composed of clay and limestone.

Once the fruit was received at the winery, it was gently crushed and destemmed, before undergoing cold maceration and fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 15 days at temperatures of 24-26°C. Finally, the wine was aged in barriques for 12 months prior to bottling.

The Fantini group was founded in 1994 by Valentino Sciotti with the aim to produce top-quality wine from Abruzzo. The enterprise was so successful that the group decided to expand further south in Italy and also into Sicily.  Today the Fantini group includes Cantina Diomede, Gran Sasso, Vesevo, Vigneti del Salento, Vigneti del Vulture, Tufarello, Zabù and Cantina Atzei, among others. Fantini is their flagship winery, producing wines from vineyards based in the northern part of Abruzzo, where ripeness and freshness combine in the wines. The forward and accessible Sangiovese is a case in point. All the wines made from Montepulciano have the hallmark colour and intensity of this variety but with a balance and accessibility that is often lacking in wines from this region.