2022 Emidio Pepe Vigneto Branella Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Italy La Biancara This wine is offered from

This wine is offered from a private cellar and will be consolidated and fulfilled in mid-May 2025

All four Brunello wines are fermented in concrete without selected yeast followed by a long maceration of up to 90 days and three years in large Slavonian oak botti

fine-boned and elegant

This wine shows more complexity and evolution towards smoky and toasty notes (barrels are 9 years old)

distinct airflows

2022 Emidio Pepe Vigneto Branella Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Italy La Biancara This wine is offered from2020 was the first release of both single vineyards at Emidio Pepe: Casa Pepe & Branella. These two wines replace the one Montepulciano d'Abruzzo from old vines. That is to say, there will only be these two cru wines and not, also a third non vineyard designated wine. Branella has different zones within it with distinct geological variations. Some classic "speckled" blue clay marls on the northern top of the vineyard. Distinct sandy zone in the center