The 2010 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Il Vino Dal Tralcetto is a boldly layered and thick wine with a large framework of blackberry, black currant and roasted coffee bean. The wine doesn't offer much in the way of complexity or even elegance, but neither is it engineered for those things. It serves as an easy-drinking, well-extracted and soft red wine to pair with grilled meats or hearty homemade pasta sauce.