Valle Reale 'Vigne Nuove' Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2009 (6 bottles)

The Vigne Reale winery has really been making the headlines. It is based in a beautiful Majella National Park in the Canestro Valley, where bears and wolves can often be sighted in amongst the vines. It is in fact the only estate in Italy the vines of which are planted in a national park. The high altitude and cooler climate - plus a state of the art winery - lead to wines with much more polish and class than most of the region's wines. Their “basic” Vigne Nuove 2004 was voted best value red in the whole of Italy by the Gambero Rosso. Their Cerasuolo was the first Rose ever to achieve 90 points from Robert Parker. The list of accolades goes on...