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“Selezione Vecchie Vigne” Trebbiano d’Abruzzo DOC 2021 (BIO)
Bright yellow colour. Apple jelly, lime, lemon curd and sweet herbs on the enthralling nose. Soft and supple on the palate, with corresponding flavours and a hint of ginger spice on the long, juicy finish. Hardly any white wine from Abruzzo will be more exciting over the next few years than the white flagship of extreme winemaker Emidio pep- so patience will pay off! SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Trebbiano
- Cultivation: biological
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 12,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 10‑12 °C
- Storage potential: 2036+
- Closure: natural cork
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑009
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned12110121 · 0,75 l · 140,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping11 units available
Limitation of 2 articles per customer Pecorino Colli Aprutini IGT 2021 (BIO)
As every year, Emidio pep's Pecorino is one of Italy's outstanding white wines. pepPecorino vineyard was planted between 2006 and 2007 on white clay soil with a northern exposure. It took the family some time to fully understand the grape variety, to cultivate it and to mould it in the winery. For some years now, it has been clear that the family is impressively realising the supernatural potential of this small vineyard. In the glass, it opens excitingly with a herbaceous note, dried apricots and a hint of sweet spices. Its soft textures soothe the palate, while a mixture of zesty acidity, green citrus fruit and a hint of sour melon add tension as the wine progresses. The overall impression is one of great primary concentration, tension, a hint of lime and a savoury intensity that finishes with great persistence. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Pecorino
- Cultivation: biological
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 10‑12 °C
- Storage potential: 2036+
- Closure: natural cork
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑009
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned12110221 · 0,75 l · 172,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping11 units available
Limitation of 2 articles per customer“Branella Vecchie Vigne” Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2021
The vines for Emidio's new and second single vineyard "Branella" are, believe it or not, almost 70 years old. In these young days, the wine is finer and more elegant, but also more restrained than its cru counterpart "Casa pep". With increasing aeration, it shows a freshness and berry flavour that leads to more and more juiciness and an incredible length after a few more hours, which once again impressively proves that Emidio pepis the uncrowned king of the Montepulciano grape. The impatient will open the first bottle many hours before drinking, but with more discipline, the decision can only be made: Put it deep in the cellar and wait for another terrific development ... SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Montepulciano
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2045
- Closure: natural cork
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned12112321 · 0,75 l · 172,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping< 24 units available
Limitation of 2 articles per customer“Casa Pepe Vecchie Vigne” Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2021
Here comes the second vintage from Emidio pepsmall parcel called "Casa pep", which once again sets the tone in terms of concentration and expression. This top-class Montepulciano only reveals its true complexity and its concert of flavours after many hours and you would be well advised to open the bottle in good time or to keep it in the cellar for a few more years. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Montepulciano
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2045+
- Closure: natural cork
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned12112221 · 0,75 l · 172,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping4 units available
Limitation of 1 articles per customer“Selezione Vecchie Vigne” Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2009 (BIO)
Ruby red in colour with violet reflections and a black core. Dark forest berries such as blackberries and mulberries on the nose, underpinned by warm undergrowth notes. Then ripe blood oranges and subtle cedar notes. On the palate, it is defined by flavours of liquorice, the tannins are close-knit and low-pore, reminiscent of the finest dark chocolate and control the generously juicy fruit with their delicate play. Armed for many years of bottle ageing, we recommend reaching for a carafe in its youthful stage. Then it reveals itself with stimulatingly tart flavours of dark tobacco and enormous pressure, dark, dense and rich with an orchestral finish. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Montepulciano
- Cultivation: biological
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2041+
- Closure: natural cork
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑009
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned12112109 · 0,75 l · 198,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping1 unit available
Limitation of 2 articles per customer“Selezione Vecchie Vigne” Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2003 (BIO)
Dark ruby red with a brick-red-orange tapered rim. The nose of the 2003 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is powerful and concentrated with notes of Grand Marnier, plum jam, stewed fruit and a little port at the start. The maturity of the vintage condenses in the concentrated fruit in joyful interplay with the tart aroma of ripe tannins. With increasing aeration, the ripe notes integrate into the overall appearance and are complemented by mild spices such as cloves, allspice, black pepper and green cardamom as well as the distinctive umami impression of beef jerky. Open-hearted on the palate and, despite the expansive ripe fruit, stringent and taut on the palate. Tobacco and leather aromas join the extract-sweet fruit of Amarena cherries and fully ripe plums. In addition, there is the impression of dark chocolate, whose bitterness tips over into a slightly astringent sweetness. Extremely drinkable, it shines on the palate with silky, glistening tannins and an expansive hedonistic nature. Further proof that 2003 gains in greatness with increasing maturity. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Montepulciano
- Cultivation: biological
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2037+
- Closure: natural cork
- Food recommendations
venison goulash with blueberries, mushrooms and poppy seed potato noodles - Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑003
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned12112103 · 0,75 l · 332,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping1 unit available
Limitation of 1 articles per customer“Selezione Vecchie Vigne” Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2002 (BIO)
Decanted, tested and re-corked at the winery | Ruby red colour with violet reflections and a black core. Dark forest berries such as blackberries and mulberries on the nose, underpinned by warm undergrowth notes. Then ripe blood oranges and subtle cedar notes. On the palate, it is defined by flavours of liquorice, the tannins are close-knit and low-pore, reminiscent of the finest dark chocolate and control the generously juicy fruit with their delicate play. Armed for many years of bottle ageing, we recommend reaching for a carafe in its youthful stage. Then it reveals itself with stimulatingly tart flavours of dark tobacco and enormous pressure, dark, dense and rich with an orchestral finish. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Montepulciano
- Cultivation: biological
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2036+
- Closure: natural cork
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑003
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned12112102 · 0,75 l · 438,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping8 units available
Limitation of 2 articles per customer“Selezione Vecchie Vigne” Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2000 (BIO)
Decanted, tested and re-corked at the winery | SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Montepulciano
- Cultivation: biological
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2035+
- Closure: natural cork
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑003
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned12112100 · 0,75 l · 452,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping2 units available
Limitation of 1 articles per customer“Selezione Vecchie Vigne” Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2001 (BIO)
Decanted, tested and re-corked at the winery. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Montepulciano
- Cultivation: biological
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2035+
- Closure: natural cork
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑003
- Allergens
contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned12112101 · 0,75 l · 452,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping4 units available
Limitation of 1 articles per customer

Emidio Pepe is certainly the most traditional and artisanal wine producer to be found on the international market today. The winemaker learned winemaking from his grandfather and, with his basic idea of "less is more", he still defies the tempting use of labour-saving pesticides and mechanised processes. For this reason, there is still not a single machine in his Abruzzo winery apart from a tractor.
This drastic and minimalist approach increasingly sharpened Emidio's understanding of how to optimise the health of the vineyards over the long term and continuously achieve outstanding grape quality, from the first harvest year in 1964 onwards. Winemaking using artisanal methods has remained the main feature of the family winery to this day, which has earned a veritable cult following for phenomenal Trebbiano and Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wines not only in its home region, but also throughout Italy and the international wine scene.
In over 50 years, the traditional winery has undergone only two changes: the vineyard area has increased from a single hectare to a whole 17, and the near-natural wine production is now successfully advanced by Pepe's daughters and granddaughters. Today, however, the senior is still - and how could it be otherwise - responsible for his vineyards, which are located in the north of Abruzzo between the highest mountains of the Apennines and the Adriatic coast.
During the production process, the Pepe family works solely by hand or, indeed, with their feet to press their grapes in the gentlest way possible. Yes, you read that right. The hand-harvested grapes are still crushed with the feet and the untreated must then flows into large cement tanks where indigenous yeasts ensure alcoholic fermentation. Afterwards, the wine - because at Emidio Pepe nothing matures in wooden barrels - is filled directly into the bottle and stays in the large wine cellar, which could pass for the storage room of a noble champagne house. The Montepulciano, Cerasuolo, Pecorino and Trebbiano d'Abruzzo wines are then decanted, labelled and re-corked - by hand, of course - only when the family believes that the ideal degree of maturity has been reached.
So we weren't exaggerating about Pepe being probably the most artisanal winemaker you'll ever find. Thanks to his insistently natural approach, it very quickly becomes clear when enjoying his wines that this elaborate production process expresses the area, the grape variety and the respective vintage in an incomparable and authentic way.
So you could compare Emidio Pepe himself to the classic Italian nonna who rigorously rejects everyone else's tomato sauce recipe because her own method is undoubtedly the best. For his spectacular drops from Abruzzo, of which unfortunately there are always far too few bottles in circulation, also represent possibly the cleanest, most expressive and most storable natural wines in Italy, for whose proud price you will definitely be rewarded. SUPERIORE.DE
Facts
- Year of foundation: 1964
- Owner: Pepe Family
- Oenologist: Sofia Pepe
- Annual production: approx. 70,000 bottles
- Vineyard: approx. 17 hectares
- Organic and biodynamic viticulture