Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Selezione Vecchie Vigne

Late release from 2025 from the winery's cellar reserve. Since the wines are bottled without any filtration, some sediment settles at the bottom of the bottle during maturation. Therefore, every bottle that is more than 20 years old is uncorked and decanted by hand before sale to remove the sediment and check the quality of each individual bottle.  95/100 WS Dark and tightly wound, with iron, wild herb and cocoa notes backed by full tannins wrapping the firm dark cherry and plum skin notes, ending with dark tar, graphite and bitter almond. Hide this in the cellar for a few years. Non-blind Emidio Pepe vertical (May 2013). Best from 2016 through 2030. (winespectator.com) A balance in the vineyard, achieved after years of work, thanks to the expert hands of the grower Emidio who, with his 55 years of harvest experience, was able to perfectly determine the nourishment of the plants, the soil tilling, the pruning and the vegetation of the vines, limiting any kind of intervention in the vineyard and in the cellar. No chemical products are used, even in the most difficult years and conditions. No selected yeasts to make the alcoholic fermentation start and no enzymes are added to encourage the genesis of perfumes. Only natural products such as copper crystals, mine sulphur and biodynamic preparations are actually used, both in the vineyard and in the cellar. All of this just to return the terroir, the climate and the culture through the distinctive personality of the Montepulciano and the Trebbiano d’Abruzzo. (Emidio Pepe)

Bewertung Daniel Nussbaum: 95/100, Bewertung Jahrgang: *****/*****, Bewertung Wine Spectator: 95/100