Masciarelli Villa Gemma Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Cerasuolo Rose 2024

Masciarelli Villa Gemma Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Cerasuolo Rose 2024$21. 99 on 6+ bottles (use code: 6saves2) 92 pts Vinous Drinking Window 2025 2029 From: Abruzzo Weathers the Storm: Surviving the 2023 and 2024 Vintages (May 2025) The 2024 Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Superiore Villa Gemma is perfumed from start to finish, wafting up with violet and rose tones before focusing deeper on a crushed white strawberry aroma. This is round and soft with a core of ripe red berry fruits propelled by tantalizing acidity. Its minerality

which in 2019 has notes of white fruit and flowers and also an herbal/balsamic hint

and more importantly: the wine spends almost half of its time as a blend

floral pastille and bitter chocolate flavors that expand steadily through the back half

as Asian pear and exotic spices slowly fade

The 2020 Gattinara Valferrana is beautifully lifted and floral

It will become richer and more complex with age

except for the younger white from 2022

Composition: Predominantly Negroamaro and Primitivo grapes

100% oak vinified

all hand-harvested and vinified separately

99 on 3+ mixed OK (code: 3saves4)$48

Organic farming