Colle Vota Montepulciano d’Abruzzo – 2014

100% massal selection Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

• Colle Vota is not a “Riserva” but is a “Single Vineyard” Montepulciano d’Abruzzo.
• The Montepulciano that grows in the Colle Vota vineyard has different characteristics that separate it neatly from all the other Montepulciano we grow in our vineyards at Tiberio. The grape bunches and berries are much smaller, with crunchier and thicker skins.
• The Colle Vota Montepulciano also takes longer to ripen fully but thanks to the vineyard’s specific microclimate the grapes benefit, in some vintages at least, from longer hang time that allows for a truly unique Montepulciano wine to be made. For example, we have found that the Colle Vota vineyard tends to performe amazingly well in especially cooler, even downright rainy vintages.
• Over the years, we have observed the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo wine made from the Colle Vota grapes to be always uniquely refined and light on its feet, combining elements reminiscent of Burgundy’s Pinot Noir and Piedmont’s Nebbiolo wines, while maintaining a Montepulciano backbone and soul. For this reason, we have decided to bottle this wine on its own as it is a unique expression not just of place, but of what the Montepulciano grape variety can deliver.
• The Colle Vota vineyard was planted in 2000 using massal selections from the oldest Montepulciano vineyard on our property. Over the years, the original Montepulciano clone adapted to its specific, new environment made up of a specific, different, soil, subsoil and microclimate, leading to the development of a new Montepulciano byotipe that expresses itself with a very different, more perfumed and refined wine.
• Soil composition:  Limestone, marly-clay over a sandstone-rich bedrock
• Training method:  Guyot Single
• Elevation:  1200
• Vines/acre:  4,000
• Yield/acre (tons):  3
• Exposure:  Eastwest
• Year vineyard planted:  2000

• Harvest time:  End of October
• First vintage of this wine:  2014
• Number of bottles produced:  2,800
• Fermentation container:  Stainless Steel
• Length of alcoholic fermentation:  40 days
• Fermentation temperature:  77°F
• Length of aging before bottling:  24 months
• Length of bottle aging:  12 months

• Varietal composition:  100% Montepulciano d’Abruzzo (massal clone)
• Alcohol:  14.0%
• pH level:  3.2
• Residual Sugar:  1.2 g/L
• Acidity:  5.2 g/L
• Dry extract:  28.1 g/L

• Intense, expressive, highly complex flavours of yellow peach, sage, cedar, cinnamon, marzipan, spices and soil.
• Long, deep, creamy, mouthfilling texture with refined, silky tannins and saline character.
• Finishes with intense energy.