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Vini Rabasco

Vini Rabasco Cancelli Rosso 2024

Name: Vini Rabasco Cancelli Rosso 2024
Brand: Vini Rabasco
SKU: vinirabasco-cancellirosso
Price: 32.00 USD
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Style: Dry, medium-bodied red with the freshness and bright acidity that distinguishes the Cancelli parcel from the heavier, more extracted Montepulciano typically found in Abruzzo; the ten-day maceration extracts genuine color and tannin structure without turning the wine dense or overworked
Grapes & terroir: 100% Montepulciano from 40-year-old vines trained in the traditional tendone pergola system at 1,475 ft elevation; calcareous clay with alluvial sediment and fossilized marine deposits in the Cancelli parcel, Pianella, Province of Pescara; biodynamically farmed since 2006; land never treated with chemicals
Winemaking: Hand-harvested; destemmed; ten-day skin maceration in open 10-hectoliter vats; spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts; aged in stainless steel; malolactic fermentation occurs naturally in bottle; hand-bottled on March 1; no fining, no filtration, no added sulfites; all activities guided by lunar cycles
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve lightly chilled at 57–60°F; no decanting needed
Pairing: Arrosticini abruzzesi (traditional Abruzzo skewered lamb)
Similar to: Natural Montepulciano d'Abruzzo from Emidio Pepe in a lighter style, carbonic Frappato from Sicily, Gamay from Beaujolais in its chillable freshness

Vini Rabasco Cancelli Rosso 2024 is a dry red wine made from 100% Montepulciano grown on biodynamically farmed 40-year-old vines in the Cancelli parcel near Pianella, Province of Pescara, Abruzzo. The vines sit at approximately 1,475 feet elevation on calcareous clay soils mixed with alluvial sediments and fossil remains, on southwest-facing slopes between the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Gran Sasso mountain range to the west. Iole Rabasco of Vini Rabasco hand-harvests the grapes, macerates for ten days on the skins, then ferments spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in open vats, aging in stainless steel. Bottled without fining, filtration, or added sulfites. 12.5% ABV. Abruzzo, Italy.

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Producer profile

Vini Rabasco

Vini Rabasco is a small biodynamic estate in Pianella, Province of Pescara, Abruzzo, run by Iole Rabasco. Iole inherited the family property — vineyards and olive groves that her family had farmed without any synthetic chemical treatments — and made a life-changing decision in the early 2000s: she left her career as a lawyer to take over the estate full-time. In 2006, she converted the entire operation to biodynamic farming, an approach she has followed rigorously since.

The estate covers approximately 11 acres including both vines and olive trees, with around 3.5 hectares dedicated to vineyards at roughly 1,475 feet above sea level in the Cancelli parcel and surrounding plots. The vines, primarily Montepulciano with a small number of Trebbiano rows, average 40 years of age and are trained in the traditional tendone pergola system — a canopy-style training that shades the grapes and is common in Abruzzo's hill vineyards. All work is done by hand. The land's calcareous clay soils are mixed with alluvial sediments and fossilized marine deposits — a geological record of the ancient sea that once covered this part of the Apennine foothills.

Iole's winemaking philosophy is one of maximum restraint: she harvests by hand, ferments spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, and bottles without fining, filtration, or any sulfite addition. All vineyard and cellar activities are timed according to the lunar calendar, consistent with biodynamic principles. For the Cancelli Rosso, the 2024 vintage saw ten days of skin maceration — the longer end of what the wine receives — producing a wine with genuine presence without sacrificing the freshness and brightness that define this estate's style. The wine completes malolactic fermentation naturally in bottle and is hand-bottled on March 1 of the year following harvest. Vini Rabasco is distributed in the United States by Jenny & François Selections.

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Wine region

Abruzzo, Italy

Abruzzo stretches along the central-eastern spine of Italy, flanked by the Gran Sasso and Maiella massifs of the central Apennines to the west and the Adriatic Sea to the east. It is one of the most topographically dramatic wine regions in Italy — the western mountains rise to over 9,500 feet, making Gran Sasso the highest peak in the Apennines, while the eastern coastal strip drops to sea level within a relatively short distance. This contrast shapes everything about the region's viticulture: altitude, exposure, soil type, and the dual climatic influence of cold mountain air and warm Adriatic breezes all vary significantly depending on where exactly in Abruzzo a vineyard sits.

The Province of Pescara, where Vini Rabasco is based, occupies the central section of the region. The town of Pianella sits on calcareous clay hillsides in the Vestina hills, a subzone of the Pescara province roughly midway between the coast and the mountains. At 1,475 feet above sea level, the Cancelli parcel catches enough mountain air to cool nights significantly even in summer, producing the bright acidity and freshness that characterize Iole Rabasco's wines — a contrast to the denser, more extracted Montepulciano from lower, warmer sites.

Abruzzo's defining red variety is Montepulciano — not to be confused with the Tuscan town — which covers the greatest share of the region's red wine production and underpins the Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC. At its best, Montepulciano produces wines with real depth of color, cherry and plum fruit, fine tannins, and good natural acidity. The variety is well-suited to biodynamic and natural farming because of its natural disease resistance and the thick skins that support spontaneous fermentation without added protection. Trebbiano d'Abruzzo covers the white wine production, and together these two varieties define the soul of Abruzzo's traditional wine identity.

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