Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Vecchie Vigne 2003

The Pepe family has produced wine in Torano Nuovo, in Abruzzo's northern province of Teramo, since 1899, with the modern era beginning in 1964 when Emidio Pepe took over operations. The Pepe vineyards are located in the northern province of Teramo, with soils rich in clay and limestone; the top 40 centimeters of the soil is clay but underneath it is solid limestone. Grapes are grown biodynamically, hand-harvested, hand-destemmed, fermented with spontaneous yeast, and aged 18-24 months in glass-lined cement tanks, then bottled unfined and unfiltered and aged in the cellar in bottles for continued development.