Casauria
Casauria takes its name from the abbey of San Clemente a Casauria, whose medieval chronicle, the Chronicon Casauriense, described its lands as a paradise of delights. The DOCG lies in the province of Pescara, in the valley of the Pescara river between the Maiella massif to the south-west and the Gran Sasso to the north-west: the whole communes of Bolognano, Castiglione a Casauria, Cugnoli, Pietranico, Scafa, San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore, Torre de' Passeri and Turrivalignani, and parts of ten more, among them Alanno, Manoppello, Popoli and Tocco da Casauria. Continua a leggere ↓
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Vineyards may stand no higher than 500 metres, or 600 on south-facing slopes. Rain averages about 800 mm, with July the driest month at 30 to 40 mm, and the heat summations range from 1,800 to 2,200 degree-days depending on exposure — enough for Montepulciano to ripen fully.
The wine must be at least 90 per cent Montepulciano, cropped at no more than nine tonnes a hectare, with at least 13 per cent alcohol. It ages at least 18 months from the first of November of the harvest year, and a Riserva 24. Terre di Casauria was long a subzone of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, and Casauria was recognised as a DOCG of its own by the European Union in November 2025.