• Fantini Montepulciano Abruzzo Opi Riserva 2016
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Fantini Abruzzo

Fantini

Montepulciano Abruzzo Opi Riserva 2016

Red still

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  • Fantini Montepulciano Abruzzo Opi Riserva 2016
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Fantini Abruzzo
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Denomination DOCG Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane Riserva
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Area Abruzzo (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Montepulciano
Aging In French and American oak barriques for 24 months.
Year 2016
Product name Montepulciano Abruzzo Opi Riserva 2016
Color Garnet red.
Perfume Intense and persistent bouquet, spicy (tobacco and woody notes) with hints of liquorice, fruity (ripe and unripe fruit), tendency to ethereal.
Taste Full-bodied, soft, balanced, intense and persistent wine. Ready to drink immediately, but also withstands long ageing well.
Pairings Excellent with rich first courses, with red meats and medium and long-aged cheeses.
Region Abruzzo
Country Italy
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Still red, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane DOCG, 14.5% vol, produced by Fantini. Vintage 2016. A Riserva wine that expresses the power and elegance of Montepulciano, aged for 24 months in French and American barriques. The vineyards are located in Ortona (CH). The grapes, harvested in small crates, are transported to the winery for destemming and double manual selection of the individual berries, soft pressing, and maceration-fermentation for 25 days. Malolactic fermentation. Intense and persistent aroma, spicy (tobacco and woody notes) with hints of licorice, fruity (ripe fruit and spirits), tending towards ethereal. Garnet red color. Full-bodied, soft, balanced, intense, and persistent. Ready to drink now, but also tolerates long aging well.

Awards

  • 2016

    4

    Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.

  • 2016

    90

    /100

    James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.

  • 2016

    2

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

  • 2016

    92

    /100

    Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.

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Profumo

Perfume

Intense and persistent bouquet, spicy (tobacco and woody notes) with hints of liquorice, fruity (ripe and unripe fruit), tendency to ethereal.

Colore

Color

Garnet red.

Gusto

Taste

Full-bodied, soft, balanced, intense and persistent wine. Ready to drink immediately, but also withstands long ageing well.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Pairings

Excellent with rich first courses, with red meats and medium and long-aged cheeses.

Pasta
Meat
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Producer
Fantini
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1994
  • Oenologist: Dennis Verdecchia, Francesco De Santis
  • Bottles produced: 10.000.000
  • Hectares: 16
"Greenest Region" of Italy, Abruzzo, is the homeland of Fantini Wines, here the high mountains rise close to coast generate e rare and precious microclimate. Our winery is located in Roseto Degli Abruzzi, in the heart of the Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOCG area where the vineyards slide from the hills to the sea, in search of the perfect exposure to the sun and enjoying an exceptional thermal excursion.

In the beautiful terroir, our winegrowers have developed production criteria with a low environmental impact, knowing that nature pays back love and respect with gifts of rare quality. This is why the fruits of this land grow well and age even better, Read more
Production area: Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Fantini

Name Fantini Montepulciano Abruzzo Opi Riserva 2016
Type Red still
Denomination Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane DOCG
Vintage 2016
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Montepulciano
Country Italy
Region Abruzzo
Vendor Fantini
Origin Ortona (CH)
Wine making The grapes are harvested in small crates and transported to the winery for destemming and double manual selection of individual grapes, soft crushing, maceration-fermentation for 25 days. Malolactic fermentation.
Aging In French and American oak barriques for 24 months.
Allergens Contains sulphites