Amorotti Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2021 NO20230614 with a creamy texture that

with a creamy texture that sets it apart from most California pink wine

The 2018 is a classically built Rutherford Cabernet with structure for the cellar

now led by third-generation Francesco Ripaccioli

duck with cherry sauce

The 2022 is built around 84% Keenan estate Merlot from their mountain vineyards

Amorotti Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2021 NO20230614 with a creamy texture thatThe most famous cellar in Abruzzo belongs to Valentini; the one next door belongs to Gaetano Carboni, and Valentini vouches for him personally. Amorotti only began bottling under its own label in 2016, and output is still tiny, roughly 1,800 cases across the whole range. Farming is organic and worked along biodynamic and natural lines, and the Montepulciano ferments spontaneously, with no temperature control, in a labyrinthine cellar beneath the