Structure
Critic scores
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In the glass
Palate: dark fruit, spice
From the Vigna alta cru at Collecorvino, 250 metres up on clay-limestone, cropped at 5,000 vines per hectare and picked in the second ten days of October. Deep, impenetrable ruby, powerful on nose and palate, rich and harmonious.
What it pairs with
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Roast beef
Thirty months in cask give the frame for roast red meat. -
Game stew
Power and firm tannin suit strongly flavoured game. -
Aged pecorino
Long cask ageing leaves savoury notes that hard cheese answers.
Facts
- Producer
- Contesa · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Montepulciano (100%)
- Classification
- Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC Terre dei Vestini Riserva
- Oak
- 30 months in large oak casks after a long maceration
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 20 at the estate
Frequently asked about Chiedi alla Polvere Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Terre dei Vestini Riserva
Which vineyard does it come from?
The Vigna alta cru at Collecorvino in the province of Pescara, 250 metres above sea level on clay-limestone soil planted at 5,000 vines per hectare.
How is it aged?
A long maceration followed by 30 months in large oak casks, giving an intense, impenetrable ruby colour.
What alcohol level does it reach?
The estate gives 14.5 percent, from grapes picked in the second ten days of October.