Pettinella Tauma Vino Rosato NV

Pettinella Tauma Vino Rosato NV

Pettinella
$43.00

Grape: Montepulciano
Vintage: NV
Type: Rose

This non-vintage dark rosato represents an artisanal look at the Montepulciano grape from old pergola vineyards in Abruzzo. Winemaker Davide Pettinella handles the fruit with low-intervention cellar techniques, allowing a spontaneous fermentation with native wild yeasts in neutral vessels. The juice undergoes a brief maceration for color extraction and structural depth before settling naturally on its fine fermentation lees. The final liquid avoids mechanical filtration and is bottled without modern chemical enhancements to respect site transparency.

It radiates a deep cherry-pink hue, releasing aromatics of wild pomegranate, blood orange peel, and fresh field flowers. A medium-bodied frame balances intense red berry profiles with an underlying vein of mineral salinity. The robust nature of the grape provides a delicate structural grip that frames the clean mid-palate cleanly. A sharp wave of natural acidity slices through the volume, keeping the fluid mouthfeel thoroughly refreshed. It concludes completely dry, persistent, and clean.

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.