Region: Italy, Abruzzo

Grape variety: 33% Montepulciano , 30% Primitivo, 25% Sangiovese, 7% Negroamaro , 5% Malvasia Nera

Tasting notes: Deep red in colour, with garnet tones. Intense aromas of cherries, prunes, ripe blackcurrant, tobacco and a final toasted note. This wine is full-bodied, soft and rich in tannin with a persistent, long finish showing spicy notes of vanilla and chocolate.

Reviews: Best Italian Red Wine 99 Points - Best Italian Wines Guidebook by Luca Maroni: "It's radiant force of fruit and flower emerges in a unique nose with notes of blackberry, violet, and black cherry that daze the nostrils. With a taste, balanced in acid, softness and tannins, of a suppleness and force that is simply phenomenal…An absolute masterwork of nature, technique, humanity and pure passion."