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Varietal: Montepulciano
One of the most widely grown grapes in Italy is the Montepulciano varietal, which is much loved by wine producers and drinkers alike due to its drinkability and full, ripe flavors It thrives most successfully in warm and dry terroirs, and as such can grow in most of Italy's wine regions, where it is popular with vintners due to the fact that it produces very high yields. In recent years, it has been grown in many other countries around the world, where it is prized for its color and large plummy notes, making it an ideal varietal for many international palates. The wines themselves are usually soft and rounded, with mild tannins present in the mouth. However, the tannins in the grape skins contain lots of pigment, making these wines remarkably deep and dark in color.
Region: Abruzzo
Abruzzo in central Italy is a fascinating and truly ancient wine region. Abruzzo has been a center of viticulture for almost three thousand years, supposedly a favorite of the ancient Etruscan civilization, and later boosted by the wine-obsessed Romans, who recognized that its range of terroirs was ideal for producing wines of real character and distinction. Abruzzo benefits from being close to both mountains and the coast, which results in a wide variety of quality wines, although as with many regions in Italy, it experienced a drop in its international reputation during the mid twentieth century. Today, the wine industry of Abruzzo is experiencing something of a renaissance, once more producing characterful wines packed full of interesting traditional flavors and aromas, primarily made from the local Trebbiano and Montepulciano varietal grapes which thrive there.
Country: Italy
For several decades in the mid to late twentieth century, Italy's reputation for quality wines took a fairly serious blow. This was brought about partly due to lack of regulation in certain regions, and too much regulation in others. This led to several wineries in the beautiful and highly fertile region of Tuscany making the bold move to work outside of the law, which they saw as responsible for the drop in quality in Tuscan wines. They believed that they had the expertise and the generations of experience necessary with which to make truly excellent, world class wines, and set about doing just that. These 'Super Tuscans', as they came to be known, quickly inspired the rest of Italy to improve their produce, and now, Italian wine producers in the twenty-first century are widely recognised to be amongst the best in the world. Regulation and law began to change, and wine drinkers across the globe woke up to the outstanding wines coming out of Italy, which are continuing to improve and impress to this day.