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Praesidium by Famiglia Pasquale Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2020

Name: Praesidium by Famiglia Pasquale Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2020
Brand: Praesidium
SKU: 19854
Price: 42.0 GBP
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Producer Praesidium

Country Italy

Region Abruzzo, Peligna Valley

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More About Praesidium by Famiglia Pasquale Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2020

The Pasquale family make Montepulciano with patience, and plenty of it. Based in Prezza in the Peligna Valley, Praesidium is a small organic estate working with old vines on limestone-rich clay soils, producing wines that favour structure, freshness and savoury complexity over easy-going fruit.

The 2020 Riserva opens with wild strawberry and dark cherry, alongside blackberry, aromatic herbs and dried flowers. As it develops, deeper notes of leather, tobacco, undergrowth and exotic spice begin to emerge. The palate is concentrated but not heavy, with bright acidity, a saline mineral edge and firm, finely textured tannins that give it plenty of staying power.

Fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, it spends two years in stainless steel followed by another two years in oak, before a further period resting in bottle. This is Montepulciano with a distinctly traditional feel, and one that rewards a little patience.

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Praesidium

Style: Winery

Abruzzo often gets overlooked beside Tuscany and Piedmont, which is useful because it means producers like Praesidium can continue making some of Italy’s most distinctive wines without attracting quite the same level of international frenzy.

The estate is based in the Peligna Valley, high in the hills of Abruzzo, where Montepulciano thrives in cooler mountain-influenced conditions. These are not the softer, simpler styles many people associate with Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Praesidium wines carry serious structure, freshness and ageing potential.

The reds show dark cherry, wild herbs, dried flowers, earth and spice, with firm tannins that gradually soften over time. There is a rustic elegance to them that feels deeply connected to the landscape. Powerful but never clumsy.

Winemaking remains relatively traditional, allowing vineyard character to stay at the centre of things. The wines often need a little patience when young, but reward it beautifully. This is very much the opposite of instant-gratification wine.

What makes Praesidium particularly compelling is the sense of place running through every bottle. Mountain vineyards, old farming traditions and a refusal to chase international styles all contribute to wines that feel unmistakably Abruzzese.