De Fermo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 'Prologo' 2022 Size:750ml planted in 1983

planted in 1983

Mikael Boutin produces his Rasteau in a non-interventionist fashion from a mere 2 hectares of vines (certified organic)

“L’Epée”—meaning “the sword”—is produced from ⅔ free-run and ⅓ press juice from the oldest Cabernet Franc vines in “Les Plantes” and a small portion of “Le Clos

harvest manually

with a subtly mineral-inflected palate of taut tension and somewhat firm tannins

De Fermo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 'Prologo' 2022 Size:750ml planted in 1983Named 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