Montepulciano (grape)
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![The spread of the Montepulciano grape throughout Italy.](/Images/godic/202501/06/Montepulciano_wine_regions_in_Italy1122.jpg")
![A Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine made from the Montepulciano grape in the Abruzzo region.](/Images/godic/202501/06/Montepulciano_d'abruzzo_wine1122.jpg")
![Montepulciano D'Abruzzo awine.](/Images/godic/202501/06/Montepulciano_D'Abruzzo_wine_and_bottle1122.jpg")
Montepulciano [ˌmontepulˈtʃaːno] is a red Italian wine grape variety that is most noted for being the primary grape behind the Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) wine Offida Rosso, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane (as well its larger DOC outside of Colline Teramane), Rosso Conero and the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) wines Rosso Piceno Superiore.