Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo "Branella" 2021 Umbria and rocky both at the

and rocky both at the surface and deep in the profile

That geologic mix

His son Noé joined in 2017 as the fourth generation

The Van Duzer Corridor is a gap in the Coast Range that funnels cold Pacific air directly into this stretch of the valley on summer afternoons

The cheeky labels are part of the point

Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo "Branella" 2021 Umbria and rocky both at theThe Land Branella is a two hectare parcel roughly 300 meters from the Pepe cellar in Torano Nuovo, in the province of Teramo at Abruzzo's northern edge. It is nearly flat, with a slight southeast exposure that gives it more shade through the afternoon than the estate's home vineyard, and the soil is what sets it apart: deep sand over blue clay marls, shot through with lenses of limestone. The pH runs closer to neutral than elsewhere on the property