Montepulciano is a grape variety that is gaining traction in Australia - both with growers and consumers. The grape's most famed spiritual home is in the Abruzzo region of central Italy where there is sufficient warmth to allow the late ripening grape to develop fully. It's a remarkably well priced example from Abruzzo, and is very suitable as a food wine with its rich and rounded berry flavours proving to be a great match for the usual array of Italian dishes.