Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo DOC wine, 2020 harvest, produced by Fattoria Italiana Martelli, was awarded a bronze medal and entered in a selection of wines chosen by an Italian-Chinese panel with the objective of introducing this wine to the Chinese market.
Our Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo DOC is made exclusively with Montepulciano d’Abruzzo grapes that are vinified without the skins or by a short fermentation of 12 hours followed by a period of maturation in order to obtain certain characteristics including colour, fragrance and structure.
It is characterised by a bright cherry red colour and an enveloping fruitiness. Notes of red fruit, such as blackberry and currant stand out. It has a fresh and well balanced flavour with a good persistency. The alcohol content is good ( 12%vol.), it also has a high acidity and it is a pleasure to the palate.
Pecorino terre di Chieti IGP wine. 2019 harvest, produced by Fattoria Italiana Martelli, has been awarded a silver medal at the 2021 London Wine Competition, one of the most prestigious international wine events which has recognised the quality of our wine by awarding 84 points.
Pecorino terre di Chieti IGP is a vine that has been playing a central role in the past years, thanks to its freshness and versatility.
It is vinified only when we can guarantee the quality we desire and each harvest has its own uniqueness.
In a glass it has a pale yellow colour, its fragrance is fruity with notes of wild flowers, citrus and tropical fruits. The alcohol content (14%vol.) is expressed with a full and firm flavour and a long persistence.
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC wine, 2018 harvest, produced by Fattoria Italiana Martelli, has been awarded a silver medal at the 2021 London Wine Competition, one of the most prestigious international wine events which has recognised the quality of our wine by awarding 78 points.
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC has an intense and shiny ruby colour, with purple hues, in a glass it seems to dance gracefully leaving dense and thick arches, a sign of its alcohol content (13% vol.). The scents of ripe blackberry, underbrush and wild cherries stand out. A wild note can be perceived, making it unique. In the mouth it expresses its deepness with a good structure and persistence. The acidity, well integrated in the body, gives persitency and the tannines are rarely aggressive. The finish is savory, sensual and marked by the memory of black cherries that cannot be misinterpreted.
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2018 wine, produced by Fattoria Italiana Martelli, was awarded with a bronze medal and entered a selection of wines chosen by an Italian-Chinese panel with the objective of promoting this wine to the Chinese market.
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC to the eye is ruby, full and shiny with violet reflections. In a glass it dances gracefully leaving dense and thick arches, a sign of its good alcohol content (13%).
Among its fragrances ripe blackberry, undergrowth and sour cherries stand out. A wild note is also perceived, making it unique. On the palate it expresses all its depth with a good structure and persistency. The acidity, well built in the body, gives it persistency and the tannins are rarely aggressive. The finish is savoury, sensual and reminiscent of black cherry, a taste which cannot be misinterpreted.
The Monovarietal extra virgin olive oil Gentile di Chieti, oil campaign 2019/2020, produced by FattoriaItalana Martelli, was selected as one of the best olive oils on the national territory.
Gentile di Chieti is a variety of olives typical of Abruzzo and in particular native to the territory of Chieti.
Fattoria Italiana Martelli harvests the Gentile di Chieti olives at the beginning of October when the olives have just ripened; the olives are then taken to the mill where they are processed in order to obtain olive oil.
The olive oil is bottled as soon as it leaves the separator (machine that allows the separation of the oil from the vegetable water by means of centrifugation) and is stored in dark bottles, important to maintain the characteristics of the oil produced, which would otherwise undergo oxidative processes.
Our beekeeper Luigi has been awarded with two golden drops for his citrus honey during the contest TRE GOCCE D’ORO of the “GRANDI MIELI D’ITALIA” , ranking second in Italy for this category of honey.
1222 types of honey and 472 beekeepers participated in this contest with 18 panels of 66 experts called to judge them. It was the highest number of participants to ever participate in ths contest.
Behind this award there is a story of love, attention and passion for bees.
Honey production begins with the search for suitable fields to position the beehives. For our citrus honey, the beehives are transported to our own properties in the region of Basilicata.
At the end of the effloresence and once the bees have gathered the nectar, the honeycombs return to Abruzzo (where our head office is located) for the maturation of the honey while the other beehives are transported to other blossoming flowers.
