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Torre Raone Pinot Grigio Colline Pescaresi 2008
Torre Raone Pinot Grigio Colline Pescaresi 2008
Bottle Price: £10.95
Case Price: £124.8
- Country: Italy
- Region: Abruzzi
- Grape Variety: Pinot Grigio
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
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Intense nose which is fruity with floral and grass undertones. The palate is soft with great persistence and citrus fruit.
Since 1996 old methods and traditions have met modern techniques to produce wines of an excellent quality on the Torre Raone estate. The estate is located in Abruzzo on the sunny hills of Loreto Aprutino (PE), 350 metres above sea-level in a region where both vineyards and olive groves thrive.
Producers Luciano Di Tizio and Antonio D’Emilio make high-quality wine and, together with the farmer’s vocation and experience, they guarantee the flavours and sensations of the products´ of this land: sincerity and authenticity. The 35 hectares estate is covered with 26 hectares of vineyards and 2 hectares of olive groves.
The main production is the red grape Montepulciano d’ Abruzzo, the white Trebbiano D’Abruzzo and the local white Pecorino . Finally the production of Olio extra vergine d'oliva D.O.P. Aprutino-Pescarese.
Abruzzo produces just one DOCG and three DOC wines that, though they carry brand names, used to be little known abroad and misjudged as cheap, generic, supermarket varieties. This is changing though, as of much of southern Italy the region is undergoing a gradual transition from bulk-wine production to bottled, boutique wines. In other words, a transition from a strictly industrial wine culture to one in which a limited and cared-for production that can bring commercial success and prosperity to the local residents.
Though the situation is changing, there still a tendency by wine critics, including Italian ones, to look down on the wines produced in the mezzogiorno, or southern Italy. What is missing in this blanket evaluation of Abruzzo wines, is the fact that many better-regarded French and northern Italian wines contain in various measures wine from this region, since much of it’s production is still shipped north for blending purposes.
The four DOC produced in Abruzzo are the Contro Guerra, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo and Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane.
The last two should not be confused with the Tuscan Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. While the Tuscan one takes its name from the town where it’s made in the province of Siena, the Abruzzo wine is made with a grape named Montepulciano.