Torre dei Beati Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 'Cocciapazza'

Fausto Albanesi's certified organic estate grows indigenous Abruzzese grapes, with a specific focus on super high quality Montepulciano. This is one of the benchmark, family owned and operated estates of the region, and because their wines are imported by North Carolina's own Piedmont Wine Imports, the prices are more than reasonable.

Vinous Media - 95 points - "The 2021 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Cocciapazza has come along beautifully after another year in bottle. Dried violet, sweet smoke, ash, dark chocolate shavings and crushed blackberries form its brooding bouquet. It's silken and elegant in feel, with a wave of ripe red and black fruits flowing across a core of tactile minerals and spice. Drink now through 2040."