Winery Sainsbury's - Contralto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Winery Sainsbury'sContralto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Contralto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo of Winery Sainsbury's is a red wine from the region of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo of Abruzzo.
This wine generally goes well with pork, beef or veal.

Details and technical informations about Winery Sainsbury's's Contralto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Muscat rge de Madère

A very old variety of table grape that is now almost extinct. It can still be found in Italy, Portugal, Romania, Moldavia, ... in France, it can only be found among amateur gardeners and/or collectors. It is given as originating from Portugal, others from Romania. D.N.A. analyses carried out in 2007 allow us to confirm that it is indeed a natural intraspecific cross between the muscat à petits grains blancs and the sciaccarello or mammolo nero.

Last vintages of this wine

Contralto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo - 2016
In the top 100 of of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Contralto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo - 2014
In the top 100 of of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Contralto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo from Winery Sainsbury's are 2016, 2014

Informations about the Winery Sainsbury's

The winery offers 400 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 9999 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Montepulciano d'Abruzzo in the region of Abruzzo

The Winery Sainsbury's is one of wineries to follow in Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.. It offers 272 wines for sale in the of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Abruzzo

The wine region of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

The wine region of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is located in the region of Abruzzes of Italy. We currently count 1280 estates and châteaux in the of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, producing 2020 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Abruzzo

Abruzzo is an Italian wine region located on the eastern (Adriatic) coast. Its immediate neighbors in CentralItaly are Marche to the North, Lazio to the west and southwest and Molise to the southeast. Abruzzo has one DOCG - Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane - and three DOC wine appellations. The reds and Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo and Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, as well as the white wine appellation Trebbiano d'Abruzzo are the most notable, followed by the lesser-known Controguerra.

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The word of the wine: Passerillage

Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.

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