The Podere Castorani 2013 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Amorino is packed with dark fruits, leather, licorice and potting soil. (The vintage was handwritten on my sample, and I had a hard time making it out, but I'm pretty sure it said 2013.) This is a fun, mid-weight wine that would pair with a stewed-meat sugo on your favorite pasta. It shows smooth, polished dark fruit flavors on the close.