Villa Farnia di Farnese Montepulciano 2011

<p> Top critic Robert Parker has been a big fan of Filippo Baccalaro’s silky, fantastic-value Montepulciano for years. The Wine Advocate wrote that a previous vintage was “a juicy, mouthfilling red loaded with dark fruit, supported by a streak of minerality that provides focus and length… a hugely enjoyable everyday red that can be had for a song. </p> <p> You can expect more of the same in this sun-baked 2012 – an exciting NEW release that arrives hot on the heels of Filippo’s award-winning 2011. High in the sunny hills of Abruzzo (a central Italian region Filippo’s Farnese Vini helped put on the map), Filippo and his team harvest juicy, soft and flavour-packed grapes by hand (a painstaking process in the hot sun). Once the fruit is in the cellar, they gently press and barrel-age it, resulting in a wine that oozes ripe plum flavour. </p> <p> Montepulciano is Abruzzo's main grape – and you’ll discover its full range of luscious, plum, blackberry, violet and attractive licorice notes. Enjoy this with rich, meaty pasta, or perhaps a hunk of Parmesan. </p>