Structure
Critic scores
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In the glass
Aroma: red fruit, sour cherry
Palate: red fruit, sour cherry
Ten to twelve days of fermentative maceration in concrete, then nine months resting in the same material. The estate calls the bouquet intense with red fruit and sour cherry on the palate, from Villamagna fruit on medium-textured soil.
What it pairs with
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First courses
Named by the estate for this wine. -
Meat over coals
Listed by Tenuta I Fauri; the wine is served at 16 to 18 degrees. -
Mushroom dishes
Concrete ageing keeps the wine savoury enough for earthy flavours.
Facts
- Producer
- Tenuta I Fauri · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Montepulciano (100%)
- Classification
- Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC
- Oak
- No oak, nine months in concrete after fermenting in concrete
- Production
- 30,000 bottles
Frequently asked about Ottobre Rosso Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
What is different about Ottobre Rosso?
It ferments and then rests entirely in concrete, ten to twelve days of fermentative maceration followed by nine months in the same vessels, with no oak involved.
Where do the grapes grow?
At Villamagna in the province of Chieti, on medium-textured soil, cordon-trained at 3,000 plants per hectare and cropped at 120 quintals.
What does it taste like?
The estate describes an intense bouquet and a flavour of red fruit and sour cherry, served at 16 to 18 degrees with first courses and grilled meat.