Col del Mondo FATTORE Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC “Terre dei Vestini”

Variety of grape

Montepulciano 100%

Alcohol

14,5 % vol.

Fattore Montepulciano Col del Mondo, is among our wines, the most symbolic and significant, because more representative of the land and the traditions of Abruzzo, of our great commitment and immense passion. When we created our company, we started from the classic grape of Abruzzo, Montepulciano, to make our wines. Our best application was necessary both on a conceptual (the research of essence of Montepulciano) and practical level (the use of new and different in viticultural and oenological technologies at every point of the production process) to achieve a steady quality improvement, always in compliance with the typicality of the wine. The bunches are selected and hand-picked. The grapes are destemmed, crushed and then fermented at controlled temperature (max 28° C), while the maceration lasts 2-3 weeks, depending on the vintage, with frequent pumping over and delestages. Then the wine is transferred into the barrels, where malolactic fermentation takes place at the end of which many batonnages are done. From the spring, the wine rests quiet for 12 months.

Tasting card

  • Grapes: Montepulciano
  • Red wine obtained from 100% Montepulciano grapes.
  • Fermented in steel and aged for 12 months in french barriques (20% new oak).
  • Complex nose of red fruits and flowers, spices and Mediterranean scrub.
  • Full-bodied palate supported by fresh minerality and silky tannins.
  • Wine suitable for first courses with meat sauce, mutton stew and aged cheeses.
  • Produced only in the great vintages. Long aging wine.
  • Serve at 16° ÷ 18°C.

Additional information

Wine appellation

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC "Terre dei Vestini"

Type of wine

Red wine, dry

Variety of grape

Montepulciano 100%

First vintage

2001

Production area

Collecorvino, Pescara, Abruzzo

Exposure and Altitude

South – West 250 m a.s.l.

Vigneto

Vineyards selected exclusively to produce this wine

Type of soil

White moraine stone supported by silt and clay in a first vineyard; More clayey and sometimes calcareous marl forms the soil of a second farm

Production method and planting density

Spurred cordon with 4.000 vines/hectare

Vineyard age

25 Years

Yield per hectare

80 q

Epoca e tipologia di Raccolta

First ten days of October; manual picking

Alcoholic fermentation

In stainless steel tanks

Yeast used

Selected

Fermentation and maceration period

20 – 21 days

Fermentation temperature

26-28°C

Maturation process

12 months in french barriques (30% new oak)

Malolactic fermentation

Yes

Alcohol

14,5 % vol.

Bottling period

During the spring of the second year following grape harvest