Winemaker Notes
Very mineral, with green apple, apricot, tangerine, lemon peel, with nuances of white flowers and anise.Finishes long with harmonious acidity and flinty, creamy texture.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The cool-vintage 2014 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Fonte Canale is as exotic as ever, displaying dried mangos, peaches, tropical florals and citrus tones. Soft and round, this envelopes the palate with ripe orchard fruits offset by sour citrus and an inner herbal thrust. Despite the challenging vintage, the 2014 is aging beautifully, maintaining fantastic freshness and verve. Lime and flint hints resonate as a bump of residual acidity maintains marvelous freshness.
Compared to other white wine-producing varieties, Trebbiano claims some of the most vineyard acreage on a global scale. There are six distinct varieties with Trebbiano as part of their name in Italy alone. Trebbiano Toscano, one of the most popular, is deliciously light and crisp. Trebbiano d’Abruzzo actually has some aging potential when handled carefully. Somm Secret—Known as Ugni Blanc in France, Trebbiano is responsible for the whites in Southwest, France called Gascogne Blanc.
A warm, Mediterranean vine-growing paradise, in Abruzzo, the distance from mountains to seaside is relatively short. The Apenniness, which run through the center of Italy, rise up on its western side while the Adriatic Sea defines its eastern border.
Wine composition tends to two varieties: Abruzzo’s red grape, Montepulciano and its white, Trebbiano. Montepulciano d’Abruzzo can come in a quaffable, rustic and fruity style that generally drinks best young. It is also capable of making a more serious style, where oak aging tames its purely wild fruit.
Trebbiano in Abruzzo also comes in a couple of varieties. Trebbiano Toscana makes a simple and fruity white. However when meticulously tended, the specific Trebbiano d’Abruzzo-based white wines can be complex and long-lived.
In the region’s efforts to focus on better sites and lower yields, vine acreage has decreased in recent years while quality has increased.