Pettinella Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Tauma 2024 26REASONABLE but it's built around freshness

but it's built around freshness — white peach

Expect an intense straw-gold color with aromas of apricot

The wine spends time in wood

dried flowers - explosive complexity from a grape long dismissed by the big houses

Pettinella Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Tauma 2024 26REASONABLE but it's built around freshnessCerasuolo d'Abruzzo is Italy's best argument that pink wine can be a serious drink. The name means cherry hued, and the rules of the DOC are simple: Montepulciano grapes, a short maceration, and enough color and grip to make it a wine rather than a beverage. Pettinella's Tauma is made in the traditional Abruzzese way, which means it drinks like a light red that happens to be pink. Serve it cold, but not so cold you lose the savory, herbal side that