Alcohol: 14%
Grape(s): 100% Montepulciano
Localization: Abruzzo, Italy
Tasting Notes: The name “Cerasuolo” comes from the term “cerasa”, which is cherry, the small and delicate fruit that this wine makes come to mind in its color shades, and sensory notes.
Notes: Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo is a unique wine that can hardly be classified within the usual wine typologies. It is rather a category in and of itself.
It is a rosé wine made from Montepulciano grapes, making it a wine of contrasts by nature. Between a red – from which it takes structure and complexity – and a rosé – of which it keeps the freshness, fineness, and enjoyability. It is the prior companion of Abruzzo’s traditional home cuisine.
The Domain: It all started from a glass. Of wine, of course. A stunning taste. The first true wine in my life. A winemaker that becomes a friend, the experience of a Sicilian harvest, then a small vineyard for rent, almost for fun. Then came the biodynamic agriculture and permaculture classes. The artisan wine fairs. And the organization of a local one with my friends. The call of a land that always felt so far from me. A belief that grew day by day. Finally, the decision to start.
We have no family tradition in farming, nor specific studies behind. Readings, classes, exchange with colleagues and professionals. Every day we learn something. This is a truly exciting, stimulating, beautiful work. So complex and difficult. Every day is different. Like the seasons. Like the vintages. It all started from a glass. And there it went back. In between, the earth.
Alfonso and I - Luca Paolo - have been family friends forever. We started this journey together in 2012 when we traveled extensively through our Abruzzo, looking for a piece of land. When we arrived in Contrada Vasca, Pietranico, it was love at first sight. A deep sense of peace and freedom. Silence of wind and wild animals. An intimate immersion in the realm of Nature. A remote corner, almost a hermitage, far from the interference of modernity. There are olive trees and lot of wood, but there no vineyard. Doesn't matter. We will plant it, we will choose it, we will grow it. This is where Caprera shall be born.
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