Piantaferro Montepulciano d’Abruzzo – Italian Red Wine

A full-bodied red for your Sunday ragù pasta

When the dish is rich, a red that is too light disappears with the first bite. This Montepulciano d’Abruzzo holds its own: full-bodied, fruity, with present but not harsh tannins, it accompanies the ragù to the bottom of the plate.

What you will taste

• Texture: full-bodied, present tannins without harshness.
• Aromas: black cherry, blackberry and a hint of spice.
• Taste: dark, warming fruit, a finish that stretches.

How to use it

• With pasta all'amatriciana or a slow-simmered pork ragù: the tannins cut the fat.
• With roast lamb and herbs, the classic Abruzzo pairing.
• At the end of a meal, with a pecorino or an aged Parmigiano Reggiano.

Where it comes from

Montepulciano is the great red grape of Abruzzo, on the Adriatic side of central Italy, and it gives this wine its name. Piantaferro offers it in a range of Italian reds that also includes a Primitivo from Puglia and a Chianti from Tuscany.