Invidia - Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC

Typology: Red wine.

Grapes: Montepulciano 100%.

Production area: C / da Granaro Pianella (PE).

Surface of the vineyard: 10.00 ha.

Altitude of the vineyard: 210 meters above sea level.

Soil type: Medium calcareous mixture.

Training system: Abruzzo pergola.

Harvest: Second decade of October with manual harvesting and selection of the bunches.

Yield per hectare: 120 quintals of grapes.

Vinification: Maceration for one hundred and twenty hours in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats at 25 ° C. After racking, complete management of the malolactic fermentation. Short passage in large barrels, just enough to give stability and greater structure to the wine.

Bottling: at least one year after the harvest, it is marketed from eighteen months after the harvest.

Color: Deep ruby ​​red.

Characteristics: The scent is of red fruit. The taste is full, soft and round, with its rather evolved and non-astringent tannins.

Alcoholic degree: 13,5% vol.

Pairings: polenta with hare; pheasant in casserole; stewed lamb livers.