Centorame "Liberamente" Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 2019

Abruzzo, Italy

$22.99

Viticulture: Certified Organic Soil type: Clay-limestone Elevation: 260 Meters above sea level Grapes: 100% Montepulciano Method of fermentation: Temp-controlled stainless steel softled crushed and macerated on the skins for 16 hours, made without sulfur.

This rosato is also certified organic 100% Montepulciano from a four hectare parcel of cordone speronato vines, planted at a density of 5,000 plants per hectare. The vineyard is 260 meters above sea level. Centorame harvests very late in the season by regional standards. Hand-harvested, 100% destemmed, the contact to skin is limited to under a day and fermented in stainless-steel tanks and released the spring after harvest.

The color of this nearly-red rosato is alluring. Saturated with ripe red fruit flavors boundaried by a savory spicy component, Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo is as attached to autumn as the pale Provencal roses are to spring. A critical difference in comparing this pink wine to its lighter brethren: age only improves Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo, the wines open up and find life and expressiveness around 18 months from harvest. In great vintages they improve for five years or more.