Masciarelli Marina Cvetic ISKRA 2015 (92 VM)
“The 2015 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Riserva Iskra is really quite stunning, opening with a refined display of tart cherries, dusty spice, white smoke and dried roses. This is soft and silky in feel, contrasted by vibrant acids, with notes of mineral-infused raspberry, as fine tannins mount toward the close. It’s long and structured, yet there’s enough fruit and energy here to balance. The result is an elegant expression that’s worth tasting now, but it should be even better after three to five years of cellaring.”
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ISKRA is the Serbian word for “spark,” and Gianni Masciarelli dedicated this wine to his wife, Marina Cvetic, who is from Serbia. It is among the Marina Cvetic line of wines, which Gianni created for his wife. Made from a single-vineyard cru of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, ISKRA is a wine of extraordinary distinction and depth.
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Through tremendous vision and endless innovation, Masciarelli has not only become one of the most admired wineries in Italy, but is often regarded as the standard-bearer of the Abruzzo region. Led by the mother-daughter team of Marina Cvetić and Miriam Lee Masciarelli, the winery is the only one in Abruzzo to own land in all four provinces and produce wine from 100% estate-owned vineyards.