{"id":779,"date":"2026-07-18T18:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/4-5-5-montepulciano-dabruzzo-fantini-colline-teramane-italy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T18:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:35:16","slug":"4-5-5-montepulciano-dabruzzo-fantini-colline-teramane-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/4-5-5-montepulciano-dabruzzo-fantini-colline-teramane-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"4.5\/5 &#8211; Montepulciano d&#8217;Abruzzo &#8211; Fantini, Colline Teramane, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rating: 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Montepulciano d&#8217;Abruzzo from Fantini exudes a deep ruby colour with clarity that suggests good ageing. On the nose, red fruit and subtle spice aromas show in a Medium intensity, hinting at the wine&#8217;s Fully Developed state. As it reaches the palate, grippy tannins and Medium body are balanced by Medium plus acidity, while a dry finish is underscored by Medium alcohol.<\/p>\n<h3>At a glance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> deep, ruby<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nose:<\/strong> medium<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palate:<\/strong> Body medium, Acidity medium plus, Alcohol medium, Sweetness dry, Feel grippy, Flavour intensity medium<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish:<\/strong> medium<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development:<\/strong> Fully Developed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Readiness:<\/strong> drink now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Food pairings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Grilled salmon with herb butter<\/li>\n<li>Roasted chicken with lemon<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared duck breast with cherry compote<\/li>\n<li>Spicy shrimp and vegetable skewers<\/li>\n<li>Creamy risotto with parmesan<\/li>\n<li>Herbed goat cheese salad<\/li>\n<li>Mushroom and truffle tartlets<\/li>\n<li>Roasted vegetable quiche<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: 4.5\/5 This Montepulciano d&#8217;Abruzzo from Fantini exudes a deep ruby colour with clarity that suggests good ageing. On the nose, red fruit and subtle spice aromas show in a Medium intensity, hinting at the wine&#8217;s Fully Developed state. As it reaches the palate, grippy tannins and Medium body are balanced by Medium plus acidity, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wineclub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/25843_20260718173411-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}