1998 Azienda Agraria de Juliis Montepulciano d'Abruzzo "Casanova"

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Compared to stuff from Toscana or Napa, maybe. BUT, the value to be found in Abruzzo and the Marche are astounding and that stuff was overpriced (in lira, at the source) by half. This could make for an interesting thread on "Gee, my wine is a good as X even though it costs me much less to buy so I could charge the same as X and get rich" which is so often in the minds of importers bringing stuff from value regions.....