Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2023

A great all rounder, opens up beautifully with notes of black cherries, red plum, black pepper, and spice. Great density and expression on the palate.

Excellent with pork, poultry, fish, shellfish, pasta in white sauce, cheese, and vegetarian dishes.

Best served at 15 – 18°C.

The history of the Barba family traces the long history. The Barba family comes from afar and carries with it the legacy of ancient traditions. The first traces date back to 15th century Naples, where we find our ancestor Francesco Barba, abbot and canon under Pope Sixtus IV.

It is precisely on the hilly ridges of the Vomano river, between the Teramo municipalities of Cellino Attanasio, Atri, Pineto and Roseto, that the 68 hectare Barba farm is located. The summer offers long sunny days alternated with cool nights, the winter is mitigated by the influence of the nearby Adriatic Sea, with an average annual temperature of 12-16°C, as well as good rainfall and ventilation. Equally peculiar is the soil of the Vomano alluvial plain, characterised by Plio-Pleistocene deposits that, between the end of the Tertiary and the beginning of the Quaternary, filled the Periadriatic basin through a marine sedimentary cycle. The result was an undulating landscape with broad, almost flat rises and rounded slopes, often interrupted by steep slopes due to erosion, the gullies. The soil thus created has an arenaceous-clayey structure, with varying thickness depending on slope and exposure, and a medium-low water retention.

• Organic - Practising (Uncertified)

Red | Still | 75cl | 12.5% ABC