FROM ITALY
REGION: MARCHE
WINE: 90% MONTEPULCIANO-10% SANGIOVESE-RED
WINEMAKER: MARCHETTI
FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, AND AT LEAST THE LAST 50 YEARS, HAS PRODUCED ONE OF THE TOP MONTEPULCIANOS MADE ANYWHERE. SOME WILL SAY THE GREATEST , MOST ELEGANT EXPRESSION OF THE MONTEPULCIANOS GRAPE: AND FEW, IF ANY, ARE MAKING THIS WINE BETTER THAN MAURIZIO MARCHETTI.
LACED WITH AN INTRIGING SMOKY, CRANBERRY SPICE AND RIPE PLUMS, THIS MONTEPULCIANO IS AN EVERYDAY FAVORITE FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE ALANTIC. $13.95
REGION: UMBRIA
WINEMAKER: EMILIANO SIRCHIAS
WINE: 50% GRECHETTO-30%PROCANICO-20%MALVASIA-WHITE
AT 1200 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, HIGHER THAN ITS NEIGHBORS, AND CONSEQUENTLY HAS A LONGER RIPENING SEASON, WHICH YIELDS MORE COMPLEX WINES. USING CLASSIC UMBRIAN VARIETALS SUCH AS GRECHETTO AND EVEN PROCANICO, WITH DEEP RESPECT FOR TRADITION, BUT ALSO A HIGHLY MODERN APPROACH TO WINEMAKING, USING LOW YIELDS, SUSTAINABLE METHODS, AND THE BEST TECHNOLOGY. THIS WINE IS BRIGHT AND SUNNY, WITH CITRUS AND GRANITE OVERTONES. IT’S A FANTASTIC WINE NOT TO BE MISSED! $14.95
