Pettinella Tauma Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 2021

Pettinella is the Abruzzo project of Giuliano and Francesca Pettinella, former lawyers who turned fully toward the Montepulciano grape. Their small estate works vineyards in two different landscapes: alberello-trained vines around Tocco da Casauria near the Majella massif, and a sea-facing parcel near Silvi. The result is Tauma, a celebrated Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo, along with red Montepulciano bottlings that aim to honor the grape without excess. Farming is organic, production is tiny and cellar work is intentionally restrained, with native fermentations, no filtration or clarification and only minimal sulfur when needed.