Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo "Branella" 2021 Sparkling Production is tiny

Production is tiny

macerated about 15 days in concrete on native yeasts

lends floral and orchard fruit notes

once the wines release the prices will usually be much higher

in some cases by 50-80%

Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo "Branella" 2021 Sparkling Production is tinyThe Land Branella is a two hectare parcel roughly 300 meters from the Pepe cellar in Torano Nuovo, in the province of Teramo at Abruzzo's northern edge. It is nearly flat, with a slight southeast exposure that gives it more shade through the afternoon than the estate's home vineyard, and the soil is what sets it apart: deep sand over blue clay marls, shot through with lenses of limestone. The pH runs closer to neutral than elsewhere on the property