Aj Wine

red / dry / 14% alc.

Grape variety
100% Montepulciano

Area of production
Marche, Conero

Cumaro is one of the most important wines in the story of Umani Ronchi, and it can also be numbered among the founder members of the family of fine wines from the Conero area. The name Cumaro is a tribute to Mount Conero, Komaros in Greek, which means an ever- green shrub that grows freely in its woodlands. Since 2004 the wine has been entitled to the appellation “DOCG Conero Riserva”.

The grapes are destalked and lightly crushed, then fermented at 27‐29°C in steel fermentation tanks for 12‐14 days with natural yeasts. Subsequently, the wine moves on to the malolactic fermentation stage, at the end of which it is aged in 225 litre oak barriques for a period of 12‐14 months. After bottling, Cumaro is left to age further, in a temperature‐controlled environment, for about 6‐8 months.

Tasting notes
Deep ruby red colour with garnet tints, presenting an intense bouquet, with the emergence at the start of fine ripe plum, blackcurrant, morello cherry, and a spiced finish of black pepper, vanilla and tobacco. Soft and enfolding in the mouth, with well-smoothed tannins and a pleasant chocolatey finish.