Barone Cornacchia ★ 4.5
Torano Nuovo estate whose own site states the whole production is certified organic. Range covers Montepulciano, Cerasuolo and a skin contact Trebbiano d'Abruzzo.
Where to taste Passerina in Abruzzo: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Passerina estates in Abruzzo
Marchesi de' Cordano ★ 4.2
Loreto Aprutino producer at Contrada Cordano, covering the full Abruzzo white set of Trebbiano, Pecorino, Passerina and Cococciola alongside Montepulciano and Cerasuolo.
Pasetti ★ 4.3
Coastal cellar at Francavilla al Mare with a second property, the Tenuta Testarossa agriturismo, on the mountain side at Pescosansonesco in the Pescara province.
San Lorenzo Vini ★ 4.4
Castilenti estate in the Teramo hills, established in 1998 and farming 168 hectares per DoctorWine, with a visits and tastings page on its own site.
Tenuta Terraviva ★ 4.4
Tortoreto estate a few kilometres from the Adriatic, trading as Societa Agricola Collebello, with low intervention winemaking including amphora aged Montepulciano.
Tasting: Cellar door with published opening hours including Saturday mornings
Tenuta I Fauri ★ 4.4
Family estate in the Chieti hills with vineyards in the Teate subzone, covering Montepulciano, Cerasuolo and the Abruzzo whites from its cellar outside the city.
Feudo Antico ★ 4.4
The Tollo producer built around the Tullum DOCG, with a Roman villa excavated on its own land and a range that covers the DOCG red, white and sparkling types.
Cantina Frentana ★ 4.1
Cooperative at Rocca San Giovanni above the Trabocchi coast, one of the growers that made a varietal case for Cococciola alongside the Montepulciano volume.
Feudo Antico Tasting Room ★ 4.4
Three graded flights at the Tullum DOCG estate in Tollo, poured on a terrace that looks over the vineyards to the Adriatic.
Tip: The Native flight is the one that covers Cococciola and Passerina, the two Tollo whites hardest to find outside Abruzzo.