Pasetti Harimann Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2012

Cellar for up to 13 years. Decant 4 hours before serving.

Harimann is the Pasetti family’s top wine and a benchmark expression of the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo grape variety. The grapes are typically harvested in November when they have reached optimum maturity from vineyards set at the foot of the mighty Gran Sasso massif in the Apennines mountains.

The vines are planted at an altitude of 550 metres and benefit from the strong mountain winds and cool nights which help to preserve freshness and create a complex flavour profile. In the winery the must is vinified in stainless steel tanks where it is kept for 12 months followed by up to 36 months in new oak barrels. The wine is finally released after another 18 months of maturation in the bottle.

This extensive ageing process helps to produce a rich and powerful wine with a very long finish and layers of flavours which evolve and change in the glass. The nose opens with hints of black cherry, leather and caramel which deepen on the palate into heady cherry liqueur, plums and cassis along with notes of coffee, cocoa, licorice and smoky tobacco. This mature wine is ideal to enjoy now along with hearty red meat dishes or can be cellared for another decade or so.