Pettinella Montepulciano d'Abbruzo 2022 NO20230726 with vanilla and white chocolate

with vanilla and white chocolate completing a generous

The half bottle is an underrated format: two good glasses

Raventós i Blanc made a statement in 2012 when they walked away from the Cava DO altogether

building to a creamy fruit core with spicy

this is grower-Champagne thinking applied to a Penedès hillside

Pettinella Montepulciano d'Abbruzo 2022 NO20230726 with vanilla and white chocolateMontepulciano d'Abruzzo is one of Italy's most abused names and one of its best values, depending entirely on who made it. The grape has nothing to do with the Tuscan town of Montepulciano, and in the hills of Abruzzo it produces a dark, plush, tannic red that can be either a bulk commodity or a genuinely great wine. Pettinella sits firmly on the good side, making Montepulciano the traditional way rather than the industrial one. The 2022 is exactly