Magnum Tenuta Giuliano Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2022

	superior quality Abruzzo with roundness and strength
	surpasses its often rustic, harsh-tasting competitors
	organic, small vineyard with healthy and ripe grapes
	suitable outside the meal and beautiful with tasty dishes

Giuliano Montepulciano

Powerful Italian red wine with the scent of herbs, light oak and lots of ripe red fruit. The taste is soft and full. Delicious with fragrant meat and pasta dishes or with mild cheeses.

Collefrisio Vignaquadra Montepulciano

The eastern Italian wine region of Abruzzo is potentially a fantastic source of powerful, but also soft red wines. Yet the many cooperatives in this area often produce unrefined and sometimes even rough wines.

Tenuta Giuliano shows that things can be done differently. Amadeo De Luca and Antonio Patricelli have quickly risen to the group of best winemakers in this region with this small and artisanal azienda.

Their eleven hectares of rich vineyards are located on the foothills of the Majella. This is the second highest massif of the Apennines, with its peak being Monte Amaro at 2,793 metres. Here the Montepulciano grapes are picked late. Their fully organically farmed vineyards deliver a deeply colored, full and supple red wine with an excellent taste balance.

In short, a striking example of a beautiful wine from a less 'fancy' region. Partly due to its modest origin, the price-pleasure ratio is truly excellent.

Drink with

Delicious wine with fragrant meat and pasta dishes or with mild cheeses.

Awards

Mention
Omfietswijngids 2018: Omfietswijn | 4 glasses | Simply grab it from the shelf

Description
Montepulciano, the grape of Abruzzo, can be pleasantly rustic, but I did not expect such old-fashioned opulence. Generous and rich tasting.

Mention
Omfietswijngids 2017: Omfietswijn | 4 glasses | Simply grab it from the shelf

Description
Such a generous and richly flavored montepulciano that I wondered if the label was in error. Montepulciano can be pleasantly rustic, but I did not expect such old-fashioned opulence. The whole thing is wrapped in sturdy wood, something that can often go wrong, causing the wine to smell of sawdust and vanilla, but here it is dosed just right, a solid oak between all that sturdy fruit.

Mention
Press wine - March/April 2017: ***(*) Good