Tasting Highlights: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

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8 excellent reds from Italy's Montepulciano d'Abruzzo appellation, including a very good $15 value

Jo Cooke
Posted: April 17, 2009

More and more wineries in Italy's Montepulciano d'Abruzzo appellation are making clean, rich, modern-styled reds as they move away from the area's trend of cheap and rustic wines. Abruzzo is a vast vineyard area in southeast Italy which has long been an important producer of grapes used for "enriching" wines from regions farther north in the country.

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