Faraone, Abruzzo
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Faraone, Abruzzo,
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Pecorino is a white grape, traditionally from the hills of Abruzzo, where it is adept at growing in a slightly cooler climate and on clay soil. It is the last grape to flower in the Spring and the first to be harvested in September. Vinified in a traditional white wine-way, the nose shows off notes of white flowers while the ageing sur lie gives it a full body. Sometimes it is described as a red wine dressed as white.
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The Faraone family produces traditional Montepulciano d’Abruzzo wines. Their 9ha property is now focused on the new ‘Collepietro’ vineyard at Mosciano Sant’Angelo in the Colline Teramane DOCG zone of Abruzzo, some 10 miles from the Adriatic.
Faraone’s story dates back to 1916, and particularly to the 1930s when Montepulciano, Sangiovese and Passerina were first planted; bottling started in 1970. Giovanni Faraone makes the wine, aided by his wife Paola & sons Alfonso & Federico; the latter an oenologist who’s worked in France and New Zealand before taking up a post in Umbria. They also make a fine Trebbiano d’Abruzzo, Passerina and Pecorino.