Abruzzo

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  • Bordered on the east by the Adriatic and on the west by the Apennines, it is one of the most mountainous regions in Italy
  • Region is two-thirds mountains and one-third hillsAbruzzo Italy by Riccardo Bruni
  • The climate is varied – warm and dry on the coast, an alpine climate the mountainous interior
  • It has the most national parks and fore¬sts of any Italian region — and has been nicknamed “the lung” of Italy
  • One DOCG and three DOC wines
  • The four DOC produced in Abruzzo are the Contro Guerra, Trebbiano d’Abruzzo, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colline Teramane (DOCG)
  • About 90% of the wine production is red or rosé (not very much rosé) and only 10% white (mostly Trebbiano grapes)
  • Montepulcianos here come in two varieties: Rosso (robust) and the lighter Cerasuolo