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Vini Rabasco Cancellato 2021

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Tasting notes

Cancellato shows bright acidity alongside darker tones drawn from the older base wine. Red currants and strawberries are prominent on the palate, and the typical richness of Montepulciano adds a layer of succulence without making the wine heavy. It is medium to light bodied.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
RedcurrantStrawberryCherryEarth
Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Red Wine
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Montepulciano
Farming:, Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:, 2021
Alcohol:, 12.5%
Country:, Italy
Region:, Abruzzo
Appellation:,
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

  • Style: Dry, medium to light bodied red; red fruit and earthy notes; 12.5% ABV
  • Grapes & Terroir: 100% Montepulciano d'Abruzzo; organic and biodynamic; calcareous clay soils, Cancelli vineyard
  • Winemaking: Spontaneous fermentation, aged in stainless steel, no added sulfites, no filtering or fining
  • Serving: Serve chilled
  • Pairing: Pasta, pizza, pasta al ragu, grilled lamb, aged pecorino
  • Similar To: Other natural, lighter-style Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Vini Rabasco Cancellato 2021 is a red wine made from 100% Montepulciano d'Abruzzo by Iole Rabasco in Pianella, Province of Pescara, Abruzzo. The wine is mostly red wine from the most recent previous vintage, blended with fresh, free-run early-harvest juice of the current vintage. The fruit comes from the Cancelli vineyard, planted to 40-year-old vines on calcareous clay soils. Fermentation is spontaneous, and the wine is aged in stainless steel tanks until bottling in the spring, with no filtering or fining.

Serve chilled with pasta, pizza, or pasta al ragu. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo from this estate also pairs with grilled lamb, porchetta, and aged pecorino.

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Producer profile

Vini Rabasco

Vini Rabasco is a small estate in Pianella, Province of Pescara, Abruzzo, run by Iole Rabasco. Iole inherited her family's vineyards and olive groves, and in the early 2000s she left her career as a lawyer to take over the estate full-time. The estate covers roughly 11 acres of vines and olive trees, with about 3.5 hectares dedicated to vineyards at approximately 1,475 feet above sea level in the Cancelli parcel and surrounding plots.

The family land had never been treated with synthetic chemicals. In 2006, Iole converted the entire operation to biodynamic farming. The vines, primarily Montepulciano with a small number of Trebbiano rows, average 40 years of age and are trained in the traditional tendone-style pergola, with all work done by hand.

Iole keeps yields low and prefers her wines to have acidity and freshness rather than power and extraction. The grapes are hand-harvested and fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts. The wines are aged in stainless steel and bottled without fining, filtration, or added sulfites.

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. The Rabasco property sits about 40 kilometers from the Adriatic, with the base of the Gran Sasso mountain range running along its western edge, creating a set of meso and micro climates particular to this north-central corner of the region.

Montepulciano and Trebbiano are the two principal grape varieties of Abruzzo. Calcareous clay soils filled with fossils and old river sediments add a mineral dimension to the wines grown here.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

See here our shipping policy.

Signature on delivery is mandatory for wine deliveries. Please make sure someone is at the shipping address to sign for the package.

If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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