Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo "Branella" 2021 Umbria and rocky both at the

and rocky both at the surface and deep in the profile

not the sunnier core where Mercurey and Givry hold court

helping to bring recognition to this now-celebrated region

dark cherry jam

Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo "Branella" 2021 Umbria and rocky both at theThe Land Branella is a two hectare parcel roughly 300 meters from the Pepe cellar in Torano Nuovo, in the province of Teramo at Abruzzo's northern edge. It is nearly flat, with a slight southeast exposure that gives it more shade through the afternoon than the estate's home vineyard, and the soil is what sets it apart: deep sand over blue clay marls, shot through with lenses of limestone. The pH runs closer to neutral than elsewhere on the property