Austere and wide, Harimann is our top wine. Harimann takes the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo grapes to the extreme, giving us unique sensations while we discover its complexity. Enjoy it with food, or alone, as a “meditation wine”.
Deep and consistent ruby red wine. The range of odorous nuances I complex, ample and elegant: mostly of ripe red fruits, cherry in alcohol and violet. Tertiary aromas of hazelnut, black pepper and coffee. This is a soft wine, balanced with a good acidity, persistent and vigorous, with elegant tannins.
The 5-generations long history of the Pasetti Winery starts in the Bourbon era and reaches the present day. The turning point for the winery came in the 60’, with the start of the vinification on its own: the result is extremely positive and the company manages to make a name for itself, registering a significant growth of customers and turnover.
In the 80’s, then, Mimmo Pasetti (who already began studying enology) gave the company the boost to dare bottling its Montepucliano: he did that to celebrate the birth of his firstborn Francesca, who was redhaired just like Mimmo’s grandmother Donna Rachele.
Thus was born the Testarossa (which literally meas “Red Head”), flagship of the Winery and the Pasetti Family, that since 5 generations carries on the viticoture work with the same passion and determination. Mimmo Pasetti, nowadays, manages the company and is a visionary entrepreneur: his project began at the dawn of the new millennium, when he started acquiring more and more fields in Pescosansonesco (Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park).
The terroir of Pescosansonesco, clay-calcareous and rich in skeleton, is perfect for the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo cultivation; moreover, the important temperature range between day and night of this 550 m.a.s.l. place ensures that the win will have a sensory profile of high quality and elegance. Thus began the transformation process from the coastal part of Abruzzo to the mountain area, which will continue with the acquisistion of Capestrano, Castiglione a Casauria and Ofena: in such way, Pasetti Winery is the only company in Italy allowed to exhibit the National Park logo in the back of its bottles.
Today Mimmo manages the company along with his 3 sons, everyone with a defined and different role: Francesca Rachele is in charge of the administration, Massimo of the export and international visibility and Davide, who’s an oenologist, is in charge of the wine production.
It should be served at a temperature of 18 °C. The bottle should be opened 2-4 hours before drinking it.
Pairing Suggestions: It is recommended with rich and complex dishes with long cooking (red meat, game, seasoned cheeses) or “single” to be enjoyed as a sipping wine, in a suitable cup and … why not? Also with chocolate and a good cigar.
Maturation: In red: maceration and fermentation in stainless steel vats for 16-18 days with selected yeasts at controlled temperature (22°-24°). 10 days of post-fermentative maceration. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Ageing In concrete tanks, 24 months in french oak barriques of 1° passage. Aging in bottle. It should be stored at 14°-16° and consumed preferably within 15 years from the harvest.
