2005 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Abruzzo, ItalyABOUT THIS WINE After hand harvesting, the Montepulciano dAbruzzo grapes are hand destemmed on a net on top of a wooden vat, two people will push the grapes back and forth until the berries will fall down and the stems will remain on the net unbroken, this way only the elegant and juicy tannins of the skin will go into the must but not the bitter ones from the stems. The berries remain almost intact, important to keep the yeasts which are on the skins

Bottled with no fining and no filtering

The Climate in Penedes is mild and warm

Nathalie and Gilles are putting the final touches on a new winery that you must see to believe – An impeccably efficient gravity flow setup cut into the side of their main vineyard site in Fontenay

the winery’s annual production is only around 15

the Meurgey duo has proven this a steadfast rule

and fermented with natural yeasts in temperature-controlled concrete tanks

The wine was aged for 17 months in neutral French oak barrels

fragmented into about sixteen plots on sandy terraces

Founded in 1885 by Edouard Langlois and Jeanne Chateau (hence the name)

was an iconic figure who started his career working with his father at Domaine Charles Mortet

Mauricio Castro

The elevage is roughly one quarter used barrels and the balance stainless tank