Sistina Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC

A time-honored winemaking history, handed down over the generations, ensures the enduring health and prosperity of the Abruzzo environment, culture and traditions. Three thousand families of winegrowers are the stewards of a centuries-old art of viticulture, renewed with every coming generation.
Tech Sheet

Wine Production

The picked grapes are traditionally vinified by a long maceration of the skins with submerged cap at controlled temperature.
Wine is racked off, pumped over and decanted into stainless steel tanks at the end of the malolactic process.

Tasting Notes

Full-bodied and velvety, endowed with smooth tannins and a pleasant, persistent finish.

Food Pairing

First dishes with mushrooms and truffle. Ideal with roast lamb game, venison and baked red meats. It also goes well with salami and seasoned cheeses.

WINEMAKING & AGING

Grapes: Montepulciano (autochthonous vine).

Refinement:stainless steel tanks and oak barrels.

Alcohol content: 13,5% Vol 

Service temperature:57/61°F

Maceration technique: Pumpovers

Type of aging container: Stainless steel tanks

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