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: red fruit, flowers, sweet spice
Palate: red fruit, spice
Made from the vintage's best lots and raised on the lees with batonnage in barrique. The estate describes notable structure, persistence and balance, with floral and spiced aromatics adding a fresh depth to the fruit.
What it pairs with
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Beef stew braised in Montepulciano
Named by the estate, matching the wine's structure with a long-cooked stew. -
White wild boar stew with juniper
The producer suggests spezzatino di cinghiale in bianco, where the spice notes fit. -
Aged cheeses
Listed by the estate; lees ageing gives a savoury depth that mature cheese answers.
Facts
- Producer
- Torre dei Beati · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Montepulciano (100%)
- Classification
- Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC
- Oak
- 20 months in French oak barrique with batonnage on the fine lees
- ABV
- 14.0%
Frequently asked about Mazzamurello Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Where does the name Mazzamurello come from?
From the mischievous sprite of Abruzzese folklore, which the family imagines hiding among the barriques playing with the wine, because the lees ageing sometimes throws up unusual aromatics.
How is it made?
The best lots of the vintage are aged 20 months in French oak barrique with batonnage on the fine lees, a technique the estate says gives the wine natural stability.
What does it taste like?
A wine of notable structure, persistence and balance, where the lees work widens the fruit with floral and spiced aromas and introduces a fresh gustatory depth carrying a long progression.