Structure
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
Palate: citrus, clean stone fruit
Made by Luigi Cataldi Madonna for his daughter's eighteenth birthday and described by the estate as a canonical mountain Pecorino: clean-cut acidity, sharp and pleasurable, with a full clean body that pushes the drinker on.
What it pairs with
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Raw fish
The estate names crudo, which the wine's cutting acidity suits. -
Crustaceans
Listed by the producer; the sharp acid line lifts sweet shellfish. -
Aperitivo with olives and almonds
The estate positions it as an aperitivo wine as much as a table one.
Facts
- Producer
- Cataldi Madonna · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Pecorino (100%)
- Classification
- Pecorino Terre d'Abruzzo IGT
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 12.50 at the estate
Frequently asked about Giulia Pecorino
Where does the name Giulia come from?
Luigi Cataldi Madonna made the wine to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of his daughter Giulia, who now runs the estate.
What does it taste like?
The estate calls it a canonical example of its house style and of mountain Pecorino, with clean-cut, sharp and very pleasurable acidity and a full clean body.
What is mountain Pecorino?
Pecorino grown at altitude, in this case at Ofena inside the Gran Sasso park, where the day-night temperature swing keeps acidity high.