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
Aroma: cherry, red fruit
Palate: cherry, red fruit
Six to seven days of skin maceration with the must at 28 to 30 degrees, then five months in steel. The estate calls the bouquet intense and fine, with cherry and red fruit on the palate, and serves it at 16 to 18 degrees.
What it pairs with
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First courses
Named by the estate as the wine's everyday partner. -
Grilled meat
Listed by Tenuta I Fauri, matched to the wine's medium tannin. -
Semi-aged pecorino
Steel ageing leaves the fruit clean against a mid-aged cheese.
Facts
- Producer
- Tenuta I Fauri · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Montepulciano (100%)
- Classification
- Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC
- Oak
- No oak, five months in steel
- Production
- 40,000 bottles
Frequently asked about Baldovino Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
How is Baldovino Montepulciano made?
Destemming and crushing, six to seven days of skin maceration with the must at 28 to 30 degrees, then racking and five months of steel ageing.
Where do the grapes come from?
Ari and Villamagna in the province of Chieti, on medium-textured soil cropped at 130 quintals per hectare, with about 40,000 bottles made.
What food does the estate suggest?
First courses and grilled meats, served at 16 to 18 degrees.