The Marina Cveti? 2017 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Iskra opens to thick concentration and a dark, rich appearance. This is the Montepulciano grape as interpreted in a hot and dry vintage. The wine is bold and contemporary in spirit with lots of fruit weight and texture that is smoothed out by oak toast and sweet spice. This is a full-bodied red that would pair with thinly cut beef on skewers called spiedini that you often find at outdoor cookouts in this part of Italy.