De Fermo "Prologo" Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Italy 2021 noinventory purchases grapes from competent growers

purchases grapes from competent growers with holdings in the most esteemed vineyards in the Mâcon-Villages zone

with stone fruits and salt on the palate

This is not a wine that will take time to express its potential

There is precious little wine produced from this parcel of less than 1/10th of a hectare of 40 year old vines (as of 2009)

De Fermo "Prologo" Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Italy 2021 noinventory purchases grapes from competent growersNamed Prologo because it was the first wine Stefano and Eloisa ever bottled, this stunning wine shows off Montepulciano dAbruzzo in its full dynamic range. From older vines picked last during harvest, Prologo ferments spontaneously in a combination of concrete tank and open top wooden cask; a staggering two month maceration slowly extracts every element the couples intensive biodynamic farming brings to the fruit. It spends 18 months in 20 hectoliter