De Fermo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 'Prologo' 2022 Size:750ml planted in 1983

planted in 1983

Alexandre ages this in a blend of two-thirds new 350-liter barrels and one-third terracotta jar before assembling it for six months prior to bottling

harvest manually

Vinous without being at all overbearing

Only 20% of the oak is new

De Fermo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 'Prologo' 2022 Size:750ml planted in 1983Named Prologo because it was the first wine Stefano and Eloisa ever bottled, this stunning wine shows off Montepulciano dAbruzzo in its full dynamic range. From older vines picked last during harvest, Prologo ferments spontaneously in a combination of concrete tank and open top wooden cask; a staggering two month maceration slowly extracts every element the couples intensive biodynamic farming brings to the fruit. It spends 18 months in 20 hectoliter