The tradition of Illuminati Wines has been going on for over one hundred and twenty years. Innovation and research abilities have been growing too in the course of time, without forgetting the essential characteristics of homemade products: a genuine and transparent wine, reflecting the territory where it is produced. The knowledgeable art of winemaking combined with the commitment towards experimentation that gets better and better and never settle for anything less than excellence. In more than 120 years of the company’s history, the Illuminati vineyards have grown from 15 to 130 hectares in size in Controguerra . A passion that has been driving a family tradition for 4 generations. Bottling has been a family job for 40 years: since the seventies and for four decades beyond the turn of the millennium, Illuminati wine bottles have reached across 5 continents. The company produces over one million bottles every year, that are stored in its wineries before leaving for Europe and South America, the United States and Canada, Australia and Russia, reaching as far as Japan and New Zealand.
Appelation: DOC Controguerra
Grape variety: 100% Pecorino
Alcohol: 13%
Serving temperature: 12-14 °C
Young fresh wine, straw yellow. Fine, fragrant, rich in ripe fruit and white flowers tones, almond, field herbs, citrus fruits, slightly spicy. Very persistent, a correct balance between structure and softness, thanks to freshness and sapidity that accompany the long finish. A wine of a good longevity.
Robert Parker 88 pts.
Appelation: DOC Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Grape variety: 100% Montepulciano
Alcohol: 13,5%
Serving temperature: 16-18 °C
Ruby red with a hint of purple in its early stages. Red fruit notes, agreeable and persistent. It reveals itself as full-bodied, deep, ripe, round, harmonic and persistent with a final note of licorice.
Robert Parker 88 pts.
Appelation: DOCG Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colline Teramane
Grape variety: 100% Montepulciano
Alcohol: : 14,5%
Serving temperature: 18-20 °C
Wine is aged in Slavonian oak barrels for 24-26 months. Intense ruby red, turning to garnet-red with ageing. It is a wine of great character, soft tannins, and is velvety and refined.