{"title":"Introducing Abruzzo ","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"510\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"\u003eFinding a winery in Abruzzo without \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vinonudo.at\/en\/collections\/montepulciano\"\u003eMontepulciano\u003c\/a\u003e is about as likely as finding a household in South Dakota without firearms. The red all-rounder is omnipresent, and with almost equal certainty, the white\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vinonudo.at\/en\/collections\/trebbiano\"\u003e Trebbiano\u003c\/a\u003e is growing right next to it. These two varieties define the ampelographic image of a region that hasn’t entirely vanished from the radar of Central European wine drinkers, but about which most people know as much as they do about South Dakota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"1050\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"\u003eUntil recently, that wasn’t much of a loss. Ordering a Montepulciano would, depending on how much you spent, either get you an over-extracted wine overwhelmed by oak, or an undefined, clunky, and ultimately meaningless banality — a counterpoint perhaps, but not a better one. Trebbiano, too, was best left unmentioned. One could easily have crossed Abruzzo off the personal wine map and focused on the neighboring Marche — if it weren’t for a few winemakers who showed, year after year, how good both grape varieties could actually taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1635\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"\u003eEdoardo Valentini and Emidio Pepe were the first, toward the end of the last century, to explore the region’s true potential. Following in their wake, more and more young winemakers learned to put their own stamp on their specific terroirs within the region. While conceptually stepping into the same footprints — organic viticulture and artisanal winemaking without additives — they adapted those principles to the specific environments of their vineyards, which in Abruzzo can vary drastically depending on whether you're near the sea, in the mountains, or on the hills in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1637\" data-end=\"2358\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"\u003eThese heterogeneous landscapes go hand in hand with climatic nuances, variations in soil temperatures, rainfall, and exposure, which — over just a few kilometers — can lead to completely distinct wines. What remains astonishing is that no matter where you are, Montepulciano always takes the lead. Along the Adriatic coast, it almost inevitably results in generous, expansive, fruit-forward, and warm wines, whereas in the hills around Teramo and further south near Sulmona, you often find cooler, more focused versions with herbal and peppery notes. When well made, both styles have their charm. Excellent, too, are the Rosati made from Montepulciano, typically found under the label\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2322\" data-end=\"2343\"\u003eCerasuolo d’Abruzzo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein wine shops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2360\" data-end=\"3127\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"\u003eIn our opinion, the best of them is made by Luca Virgilio of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vinonudo.at\/en\/collections\/caprera\"\u003eCaprera\u003c\/a\u003e. A few years ago, he established his winery in Pietranico, right between the three mountain ranges of Majella, Sirente, and Gran Sasso. At an elevation of around 400 meters, the influence of the sea — just 40 kilometers away — is minimal. Instead, it’s the cool winds from the mountains that leave their mark on his wines. In addition to his Cerasuolo, the obligatory but exemplary\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2811\" data-end=\"2836\"\u003eMontepulciano d’Abruzzo\u003c\/em\u003e, and the light-footed, mineral-driven\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2875\" data-end=\"2895\"\u003eTrebbiano Briccone\u003c\/em\u003e, this influence can also be tasted in his superb\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2945\" data-end=\"2959\"\u003eVento e Sale\u003c\/em\u003e(\"Wind and Salt\"), a white wine made from the once-rare but striking \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vinonudo.at\/en\/collections\/pecorino\"\u003ePecorino\u003c\/a\u003e grape — which, thankfully, has been making a comeback in local vineyards in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"caprera-le-vasche","title":"Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Le Vasche 2021","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVasche, to which Luca Virgilio's Montepulciano pays tribute, are ancient basins that were carved into the rocks around Pietranico thousands of years ago to crush grapes with feet. Although Luca does not do this, he is aware of the long history of viticulture around his winery, which was completed in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe winemakers of Abruzzo do indeed look far back into the past, but in recent years they have also become a great promise for the future. The times in which Montepulciano was over-extracted and smothered in wood or bottled as an indefinable, bulky and irrelevant banality are not over, but there are more and more winemakers who are revealing the many positive characteristics of the grape variety in the best artisanal practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis includes Luca Virgilio, who usually harvests his grapes at the beginning of October, transforms them into wine thanks to wild yeasts and without fermentation control, and ages them in steel tanks for a good year. Bottled unfiltered, Le Vasche Montepulciano then matures for a further year in the bottle, developing an intense and full-bodied texture and a compact structure thanks to sufficient acidity and tightly woven tannins. Profound yet lively, it integrates ripe cherries, sweet spices and dark pepper into its flavour profile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"70\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"70\"\u003eData Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"564\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"90\"\u003eGrape Variety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Montepulciano d'Abruzzo\u003cbr data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"117\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"130\"\u003eVineyard:\u003c\/strong\u003e Located in rocky terrain between the Gran Sasso and Majella mountain ranges\u003cbr data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"209\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"221\"\u003eHarvest:\u003c\/strong\u003e By hand in October\u003cbr data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"243\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"260\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eFermentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spontaneous | wild yeasts\u003cbr data-start=\"286\" data-end=\"289\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"299\"\u003eAging:\u003c\/strong\u003e In stainless steel tank\u003cbr data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"326\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"341\"\u003eFiltration:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003cbr data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"349\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"357\"\u003eSO₂:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026lt; 25mg\/l\u003cbr data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"369\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"389\"\u003eAlcohol Content:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14% vol.\u003cbr data-start=\"398\" data-end=\"401\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"413\"\u003eClosure:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural cork\u003cbr data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"429\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"453\"\u003eServing Temperature:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16–18 °C\u003cbr data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"465\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"465\" data-end=\"493\"\u003eOptimal Drinking Window:\u003c\/strong\u003e From now – 2032\u003cbr data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"512\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"544\"\u003eContent and Price per Liter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 l \/ (€31.87\/l)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"759\" class=\"\"\u003eAll winemakers listed on Vinonudo work in their vineyards using compost, organic fertilizers, and natural preparations, and refrain from using herbicides, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caprera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40218819723324,"sku":"","price":23.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/7305\/9397\/files\/LeVascheMontepulciano.jpg?v=1743684928"},{"product_id":"caprera-vento-e-sole","title":"Vento e Sale 2023","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo dispel any doubts right away. Pecorino is of course also a cheese and as such is much better known than the grape variety of the same name, which is mainly found in southern Marche and northern Abruzzo - and only recently, as the variety was virtually lost for a long time and only reappeared in the vineyards of the two regions in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt plays a key role in Luca Virgilio's project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHarvested at the beginning of September from an eastern slope facing the sea and based on clay, its grapes are crushed and pressed immediately. The wine then remains on fine lees in steel tanks before being bottled unfiltered after a good year. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Vento e Sale has an acidity that should not be underestimated but is well embedded in a full body and ripe, inviting fruit notes, but is primarily defined by an aromatic profile characterised by herbs and minerals. 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Its \"birth\" in 2022 was shaped by the rather cool and rainy conditions of that year – which led the grapes originally intended for the \u003cem data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"216\"\u003eFortuna\u003c\/em\u003e to accumulate slightly less sugar and extract compared to previous vintages. The resulting wine turned out to be more slender, and so Luca and Alfonso, the two protagonists behind \u003cem data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"406\"\u003eCaprera\u003c\/em\u003e, decided not to release it as \u003cem data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"446\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eFortuna\u003c\/em\u003e, but instead to bottle a new wine: the \u003cem data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"496\"\u003eBriccone\u003c\/em\u003e. Spontaneously fermented and aged in concrete, it is light-footed and agile – simple, but by no means dull, with notes of white blossoms and ripe citrus on the nose, and a vibrant, persistent finish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"14\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eData Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"16\" data-end=\"470\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrape Variety\u003c\/strong\u003e: Trebbiano Abruzzese\u003cbr data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"53\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVineyard\u003c\/strong\u003e: Located in rocky, limestone-dominated territory between the Gran Sasso and Majella mountain ranges\u003cbr data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"164\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarvest\u003c\/strong\u003e: By hand\u003cbr data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"183\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFermentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: Spontaneous | Wild yeasts\u003cbr data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"225\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAging\u003c\/strong\u003e: In stainless steel tanks\u003cbr data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"259\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiltration\u003c\/strong\u003e: No\u003cbr data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"276\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSO₂\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u0026lt; 25mg\/l\u003cbr data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"292\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlcohol Content\u003c\/strong\u003e: 12.5% vol.\u003cbr data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"322\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClosure\u003c\/strong\u003e: Natural cork\u003cbr data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"346\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrinking Temperature\u003c\/strong\u003e: 10-12°C\u003cbr data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"378\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOptimal Drinking Window\u003c\/strong\u003e: From now – 2028\u003cbr data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"421\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent and Price per Liter\u003c\/strong\u003e: 0.75 l \/ (€24.5\/l)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"662\" class=\"\"\u003eAll winemakers listed by Vinonudo work in their vineyards with compost, organic fertilizers, and natural preparations, and avoid the use of herbicides, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caprera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50999994777936,"sku":"","price":17.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/7305\/9397\/files\/Briccona.jpg?v=1743761525"}],"url":"https:\/\/vinonudo.at\/en\/collections\/region-abruzzo.oembed","provider":"vinonudo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}