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A collation of hand picked parcels Montepulciano, grown to mature vineyards around the commune of Lanciano in the ancient viticultural precinct of Chieti, midway up the Italian boot, within view of the Adriatic. A magical place for gastronomy and breathtaking vistas, where the Mediterranean sun reduces the ripening grapes and intensifies the flavours within. Montepulciano is the great red wine of Abruzzo, Amaranta take their choice of local harvests, for an opulent wine of structure, complexity and seamless elegance, ideally alongside game or wild boar.

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Such are the excellence and distinction of Montepulciano from Abruzzo that they have earned Denominazione di Origine Protetta. The viticulture is essentially traditional, vines are closely managed and all fruit hand picked, the house of Tenuta Ulisse has brought a measure of modernity to Abruzzo, making the wines more accessible and consistent than ever. Its deep garnet colour, persistence of cherry blackberry flavours and balanced, bucolic tannins make a well structured red wine to accompany elegant pasta recipes and fine, rich meats.

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Italy offers two entirely different wines under the moniker of Montepulciano, the other type comes from a town of the same name in Tuscany, this is the one that's actually made of Montepulciano grapes, picked off vineyards under the castle walls of Crecchio in Abruzzo. Respect for traditional winemaking practices is essential, Tenuta Ulisse ferment their grapes in open vats, through the action of wild yeasts, just as the wines of Crecchio have always been made. Beautifully perfumed of cherries and plum, seamless and stylish on a length of juicy, liquorice tannins.

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For those with a true passion for good wine, in the very way that the good folk of Abruzzo have been enjoying it for generations. Crafted from parcels of hand picked Pecorino grapes, grown to fully mature vines and treated to a highly traditional, wild indigenous, open vat ferments, to be bottled unfiltered and unfined. Pecorino was originally husbanded by the Benedictine monks to indulge during their sacraments, Tenuta Ulisse fashion this personable grape into a texturally creamy style, well proportioned, laden with apple spice acidity, crisp, juicy and dry.

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The Pecorino grape makes a lovely fruit and mineral style of wine that's just right for Mediterrannean fare, it unfortunately was the agent of its own demise as the low yielding vines were replaced over the years with varieties which could produce a more bountiful harvest. Pecorino was rediscovered in the 1980s and is now grown in many parts of Italy. Grapes are all hand picked and destemmed for a day or two of vinification. A delicious drink of tropicality, papaya and balsamic zip, serve lightly chilled alongside white flesh fishes or a tasty fry of fresh sardines.

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Crecchio is an ancient commune on the Abruzzo coast, dominated by the battlements of a medieval castle, its main activities are tourism and good wine. Trebbiano is the white grape of choice and there is no higher provenance, known throughout the world of wine as Trebbiano d'Abruzzo. Hand picked and briskly vinified, it makes a clean, structured style that's easy to appreciate. Fruity and pleasant, it finds itself very welcome around the luncheon table, its dry and food friendly palate is a bliss alongside shellfish, risottos and ripe, pungent cheese.

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