Emidio Pepe, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Casa Pepe, 2022 SPCOUNT0125 with the kind of minerality

with the kind of minerality that comes from old vines and good farming

Bourgogne Blanc is where you find out whether a producer can actually make wine

and a high-rye mash bill that brings extra zip

with a chalky grip and a long

Serve it in a small glass

Emidio Pepe, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Casa Pepe, 2022 SPCOUNT0125 with the kind of mineralityThese are the vines Emidio planted himself, and they finally have their own bottle. Casa Pepe sits roughly 300 meters from the Branella parcel, close enough to look interchangeable but different enough that soil studies with geologist Brenna Quigley convinced the family to separate them starting with the 2020 vintage. The vines went into the ground in the 1970s, put there by Emidio. The method has not budged since 1964: certified biodynamic farming,