Azienda Monti

Controguerra · Teramo (TE)

← Abruzzo

Established

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the Monti family (Antonio, Elio and Emilia Monti)

Yearly production

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Location

Controguerra

Teramo (TE) · Abruzzo

Vineyard area

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About 8-10 hectares on the hill below the winery at Controguerra, in the Colline Teramane, planted only to Montepulciano d'Abruzzo and Pecorino

Appellations

Colline Teramane Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOCGMontepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC

History

Azienda Monti is a family estate at Controguerra, in the Colline Teramane hills of northern Abruzzo, run by the Monti family — Antonio, Elio and Emilia among them, with Emilia sitting on the board of the Consorzio di Tutela Colline Teramane.

From roughly ten hectares given to Montepulciano and Pecorino the family makes about seventy thousand bottles; the year 2000 saw the launch of its flagship, the Colline Teramane Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 'Pignotto', and the estate took a Gran Medaglia Cangrande at Vinitaly 2018.

Wines

Illustrative selection

Pignotto Riserva

Colline Teramane Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOCG · Montepulciano

The estate's flagship Colline Teramane Riserva, first made in 2000.

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Grapes of these appellations

Who else makes these wines

Colline Teramane Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOCG15 others
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC93 others