From our importer: After years of dancing around as a sommelier in some of the most elegant Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe, among which the beloved Il Pellicano on the Tuscan coast, Andrea Ugolotti left his polished dining room look for the rustic fields of Montalcino with a desire to learn about farming and making wine. With the meticulous air of someone who has cared for others his entire career, Andrea now tends to vineyards on his farm, Colle Florido, in Pianella, Abruzzo together with his wife, Daniela. They originally set out to make two wines, a white and a red, made from Trebbiano d’Abruzzo and Montepulciano, respectively.

Colle Florida is situated in Pianella, a small town in the province of Pescara. The ecosystem here is vast, encompassing the cultivation of vines, olives, vegetables, grain and other crops, plus pastures and thick woods which make this area unique and rich with resources. The terrain is hilly in this portion of Abruzzo, Italy’s mountainous region along the Adriatic Sea reaching a max of 280 m above sea level. Ferrous clay and limestone dominates the vineyards, which lend to lower yields but high quality fruit.

“We chose leaving our previous lives to come living in Abruzzo to grow a family and to make wine was a beautiful way to enjoy both. With the family's help we have built Colle Florido: step by step, learning something every single day, making all of this by Daniela and I. We want to represent at most our farm, the wines are the mix of the season, the terroir, and our ideas, with a big respect for nature. We also want to be very clear about something that we care about: we are not like the greatest and historically famous Abruzzo wineries; we are a new, small family project, made from scratch 5 years ago. We care for everything, as artisanally as possible. And as I told the Abruzzo agriculture governor, we are not making wines in D.O.C., to be absolutely free to make the wines as the vintage says, not to deconstruct the terroir but to tell more about it” - Andrea Ugolotti

100% Montepulciano A red wine with the same exact vinification of Erba Salata but with a shorter maceration period spending only 4 days on the skins. Fermentation takes place in a big barrel called a garbellotto following the traditional winemaking ways of Abruzzo. The result is a fresh red wine, a sort of “little brother” to Erba Salata.

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