Contesa Pecorino Abruzzo 2022 6pack 13% 750ml

Contesa Pecorino Abruzzo 2022 6pack 13% 750ml

The grapes are first crushed, pressed off and then put to maceration. Then they are left to settle for a night at low temperature. The must is put to fermentation in inox tanks.

Rocco Pasetti was for many years the Chief winemaker of the Roxan Cooperative in Abruzzo and is one of the most dynamic and talented producers in the region. More recently Rocco, with his wife Patrizia and children Franco, Ugo and Perla, has purchased his own estate, Vigna Corvino, with 30 hectares outside Pescara, planted to montepulciano and pecorino. The vines are planted on gentle hills between the Appennine Mountains and the Adriatic sea, at 250 metres above sea level. The climate and rainfall is moderate and combined with the clay soils, produces fragrant, quite rich wines. Rocco has abandoned weed killers and pesticides in favour of more natural methods. The cellar, completed in 2004, has been carved into the hillside amongst the vines. The fermentations occur in temperature controlled stainless-steel tanks, and the maturation of the reds occurs in traditional Slavonian oak botte. Contesa means 'argument' in Italian and is a salute to Rocco's winemaking great grandfather, who fought a hard battle with a local landowner to preserve his own vineyards back in 1903.

Variety: Pecorino
Region: L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
Winemaker: Rocco Pasetti This Product is offered and supplied by Cornerstone Trading Group, Liquor Licence No. LIQP770017094. Please note, this product cannot be delivered to Dry Zones or left unattended without obtaining a signature. Cornerstone Trading Group supports the Responsible Service of Alcohol. Warning - Under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 it is an offence to supply alcohol to a person under the age of 18 years (penalty exceeds $17,000), for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase or receive liquor (penalty exceeds $700).