Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo "Branella" 2021 Umbria 100% Gewurztraminer

100% Gewurztraminer

The cheeky labels are part of the point

His son Noé joined in 2017 as the fourth generation

dark cherry jam

Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo "Branella" 2021 Umbria 100% GewurztraminerThe Land Branella is a two hectare parcel roughly 300 meters from the Pepe cellar in Torano Nuovo, in the province of Teramo at Abruzzo's northern edge. It is nearly flat, with a slight southeast exposure that gives it more shade through the afternoon than the estate's home vineyard, and the soil is what sets it apart: deep sand over blue clay marls, shot through with lenses of limestone. The pH runs closer to neutral than elsewhere on the property