Wine Tasting: Marina Cvetić, Montepulciano D’Abruzzo DOC 2018 Riserva, San Martino Rosso, Masciarelli Winery, Abruzzo, Chieti

Masciarelli: Founded by Gianni Masciarelli in 1981. After a lengthy reclamation, the company opened “Castello di Semivicoli,” a baronial chateau from the seventeenth century that is now a “Relais de Charme” in the grape plantations, which is the primary focus of the wine industry. The company currently offers five products and 18 labels: Castello di Semivicoli, Classicline, Gianni Masciarelli, Estate Gemma, and Marina Cvetic. Marina Cvetić: A line of wines that are destined to win the highest accolades received its name. A desire passed down from his wife, Marina Cvetić, to dedicate a whole product line to his companion at work and in life. For more than three decades, the Masciarelli winery has elevated the region’s status. Today, the vineyards span more than 300 hectares in four Abruzzo provinces and are present in 53 countries.

Wine: Marina Cvetić, Montepulciano D’Abruzzo DOC 2018. One of the finest wines produced in Abruzzo. Crafted entirely from Montepulciano grapes. Amazing wine with a heavy body and aromas of black cherries, rose, jam, and Mediterranean scrub. A deep red color wine with purple undertones and aromas of licorice & cinchona. This wine is the best seller from the particular product line. The wine has great structure, fine tannins, and is balanced, as well as complex.

