Italy, Le Marche
Montepulciano, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Description
Pelago joined the list of the most sought‐after Italian wines in the world in 1997, with its first year of production, when it won the Best Red Wine trophy at the International Wine Challenge in London. Pelago is the result of the insight of our technical group, who had the idea of mating Montepulciano with Cabernet Sauvignon. It is a wine which retains the style and personality of the indigenous grapes while broadening its aromatic profile and complexity by adding qualities of the Bordeaux style of wine. To maintain a high standard of quality, we chose to produce it only in those years which provided grapes suitable for a fine wine.
Awards
90 pts James Suckling
Certificates
Alcohol
14.0%
Analytical data
Soil Type
The vineyard from which Pelago originates is situated on our estate in the municipality of Osimo, at about 100‐150 meters above sea level, on a south‐east‐ facing hillside. The terrain, which started out as marine formations from the Pleiocene‐Pleistocene era, consists of very deep soil, a very deep, chalky clay loams. The yield is limited by very close pruning and targeted thinning, and can vary from five to 5‐7 tons per hectare according to the season.
