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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.73
12 bottles: $13.99
Dried flowers, cherries, sage and tobacco on the nose. Full-bodied, with savory and mineral layers framed by firm...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.40
12 bottles: $29.79
Showing aromas of licorice, black plums, walnuts, spice box and oyster leaves. It’s firm and muscular, with a full...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.44
12 bottles: $21.99
Violet and lavender florals give way to sugar-dusted blackberries and spice as the 2021 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
More savory than sweet and quite complex, the 2022 Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Superiore lifts from the glass with an...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $150.00
Polished nose of ripe plums, vanilla, milk chocolate and some dried fruit peel, too. It’s full-bodied and creamy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $52.80
Dark fruit flavours, slightly medicinal. Chocolate notes and sweet spices. Very dense and extracted. Chewy tannins, a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.94
12 bottles: $24.44
Savory black-fruit aromas and flavors here, with a nutty edge and some dried herbs. Medium-to full-bodied with...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $25.38 $28.20
6 bottles: $24.49
Pleasant fresh blackberries on the nose. Medium-bodied with a tight, crisp texture. Fresh blackberry and pip grip and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.99
Pleasant fresh blackberries on the nose. Medium-bodied with a tight, crisp texture. Fresh blackberry and pip grip and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.94
12 bottles: $31.30
The 2019 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva smolders up with a smoky mix of plum sauce, rubbed sage and camphor, dark,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
Dusty and floral in the glass, the 2021 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo slowly opens with a blend of violet, lavender and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.75
12 bottles: $35.03
Lots of slate, oyster shell, brambleberries, asphalt and hints of herbs and lavender. Full body, grippy tannins, a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $33.10
12 bottles: $32.44
Aromas of beeswax, dried lemons, juniper berries, salted almonds and grapefruit peel. Some toasty undertones....
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $325.19
Rustic and well-structured, offering an attractive mix of mature spice box, leather and forest floor notes, with a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $280.95
Bright ruby. Precise, spicy aromas of ripe red berries, dark plum and violet accented by cumin and caraway seed. At...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $138.70
Pepe’s 2015 Montepulciano has flavours and aromas of blackberry, smoke, flint and green herb woven into a wonderful...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $86.95
The most inviting mix of lemon oils, musky pear and peach, raw almond, ginger, iodine and yellow flowers wafts up...
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White
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $151.95
Here is another must-try wine if you love Trebbiano from Italy's rustic and beautiful Abruzzo region. On a scale of...
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Italy Abruzzo

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

Situated on the east coast of central Italy, between the mountains and the sea, Abruzzo is a wine region which has the best of all possible worlds. Beautiful and varied terroir, with blazing sunshine and cooling breezes blowing off the Adriatic, history and modernity, and an independent spirit supported by generations of tradition and expertise. This is a wine region with a serious past, stretching back to the very origins of wine production in Europe - the Etruscans were the first to cultivate vines here, and the Romans lent their industrious and forward-thinking minds to viticulture in Abruzzo, something which is still felt today if you wander among the villages and vineyards.

Abruzzo has over 90,000 acres of land dedicated to wine production and grape-growing, and is the fifth most productive wine region in Italy. The majority of viticultural activity takes place in the hillier regions, where the microclimates are ideal for the historic vineyards, particularly around the sub-region of Chieti, which produces plenty of sunny and characterful wines ranging from Pinot Grigio to Sangiovese and crowd-pleasing Merlots. The climatic conditions of Abruzzo are particularly favorable, with this region seeing a fine balance of rainfall and sunshine, allowing for a long and bountiful ripening season which sees the grapes reach full ripeness and provides plenty of expression of terroir.

Abruzzo has one DOCG, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colline Teramane, where we find beautiful blended red wines made from Montepulciano and Sangiovese varietals. It also has three DOC regions, based around these red grapes as well as white varietals such as Trebbiano.