Italian Wine Adventure #11: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo! (An underrated and underappreciated Italian beauty, the ultimate cookout wine)

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Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is an easy wine to overlook. It is inexpensive, easy to find, and does not have the cachet that a Chianti or Barolo or Amarone has. But we are here to tell you that you should take a second look at this underappreciated and underrated Italian wine! In this episode, we tasted and reviewed three easy to find and reasonably priced Montepulciano d’Abruzzo wines, and there wasn’t a clunker in the bunch - in fact, we think you should buy them all! Perfect for dinner parties, cookouts, or anytime you want a sure-fire wine that is going to please the masses, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is a wine that delivers. And, not only that, it’s fun to say! It is also a wine that can have really interesting flavors - we got not only red fruits and some baking spices, but we also got Twizzler and black tea. Wines reviewed in this episode: 2020 Masciarelli Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, 2021 Cantina Zaccagnini Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Tralcetto, and 2021 La Valentina Montepulciano d’Abruzzo.

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1. Introduction, and show notes explanation (00:00:00)

2. Topic: WTF is Montepulciano d'Abruzzo? (00:08:10)

3. Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Wines We Chose for This Episode (00:16:21)

4. Masciarelli Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review (00:22:42)

5. Cantina Zaccagnini Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Tralcetto Wine Pairing, Tasting, and Review (00:28:04)

6. La Valentina Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review (00:32:53)

7. Taste profiles expected from Montepulciano d'Abruzzo (00:38:41)

8. Outro and how to find The Wine Pair Podcast (00:41:49)