2022 Tiberio "Archivio" Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

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The 2022 Tiberio "Archivio" Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is a monumental, profoundly structured single-vineyard red that serves as a living library of the estate’s ancient genetic heritage. Sourced from a specific 1.2-hectare plot of 69-year-old vines in Cugnoli, this parcel is unique for its distinct limestone soil underlaid by iron-rich clay. Cristiana Tiberio utilizes this site—home to four distinct, unique biotypes of Montepulciano—to make a wine built for serious cellaring. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts lasts thirty days in stainless steel, where malolactic fermentation also takes place. The wine then spends eleven months partly in new barriques and partly in stainless steel.