Pepe, Emidio 2021 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Casa Pepe

Sourced from the Casa Pepe vineyard: a 0.80 hectare vineyard planted in 1974 that is right in front of the winery. Classic Abruzzo blue clay-marl. Soil more shallow at the top of the hill, a bit deeper at the bottom. Richer, deeper soils at the bottom of the slope, with distinct "speckled" limestone pebble lenses - crucial for added porosity / permeability.

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Cold spring and slow start to the vegetative cycle, budbreak on April 4th and till harvest we saw only 70 mm of rain. The driest season of the last 20 years. The
grapes seemed to be ripening by evaporation, we picked before that happened and sensibly protected acidities and potential alcohol. Biodynamic preparations
here were key to keep vines photosynthetic and allowing them to ripen tissues instead of shrinking.
A vintage we learn from knowing we’ll have to be good at facing many more like this.
The wines have preserved tensions and a saline sensation, undoubtedly easy to recognize them coming from a warm vintage.

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