Winemaker Notes
Serving glass goblet of medium size and roughly spherical shape, to allow better appreciation of the complex aromas. A straight opening will enhance the Flavor of the wine in the mouth, by directing it first to the sides and rear of the tongue, and then to the tip, and allow its softness to be properly evaluated. Pairings Ideal with fish dishes, fresh cheeses, pasta, and legume soups.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Lemons and limes, juniper berries and herbs. The medium-bodied palate is nicely layered and swathed in a sheen of bright acidity and crunchy stone fruit.
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Tasting Panel
Bet you thought Pecorino was just a cheese, but turns out that it’s also the name of an ancient grape variety. This rendition is fresh and lively with minerality and floral aspects; it’s smooth, juicy, and quite distinctive, with length and balance.
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Wine Enthusiast
Profuse aromas of chamomile and lemon carry the nose of this balanced white, with ripe melon filling out the rounded palate. The ultrabright acidity typical of the variety is integrated well, highlighting all the fruit and floral tones. The finish resolves well, with a slight white tea-like grip.
There are hundreds of white grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles.
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.