Features
Name:
'We will play with flowers' Abruzzo DOC Pecorino 2023
Terrain:
clay-limestone on sandy substrate
Cellar
The family-run company was established in 1999, when they decided to take over the vineyard cultivated for many years by their father Rocco. The name of the company derives from a detail of a large fresco from the 1400s, which is in the local church of S. Maria in Piano.
In the precious depiction of the Last Judgement, the 'tower of the blessed' represents the final goal to which, with great effort and through difficult trials, the souls that have just passed into the afterlife tend. This parable reflects the inspiring principle of our activity, which is based on the desire to express, through careful selection in the vineyard and in the cellar, the best of the native vines that we grow in the particularly suitable territory of Loreto Aprutino. Convinced of the impossibility of separating the concept of a wine's quality from that of its genuineness, they immediately converted the vineyard to the organic method, and the first bottle was made in 2000.
Description
Recently recovered, Pecorino is an autochthonous vine of low productivity and great oenological interest, which is deserving the attention of enthusiasts.
From scalar selections made in our vineyards, and from traditional and non-intrusive vinification techniques, comes this version that aims to express the fundamental characteristics of Pecorino, enhancing, without forcing, its fresh and non-trivial aromatic complexity, and its particular flavour profile in which alcohol, acidity and minerality are well present and in good balance with each other.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Straw yellow with light golden hues, dense in the glass. The nose is elegant, of citrus and white flowers, rounded by honeyed notes but vibrant with characteristic officinal hints.
It enters the mouth softly, immediately supported by a juicy acid reaction and a nervous minerality, which create an excellent upward balance and contribute to a finish of long and stimulating persistence
Storage time:
2-5 years
Vinification
Steel
Acknowledgements
2021 James Suckling 90/100
2021 Vinous91/100
2020 Red Prawn 
