31 editor-picked estates growing Trebbiano Abruzzese in Abruzzo.
Where to taste Trebbiano Abruzzese in Abruzzo: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
The Loreto Aprutino estate run by Francesco Paolo Valentini, bottling Trebbiano, Montepulciano and Cerasuolo. DoctorWine states there are neither cellar visits nor sales at the door.
Tasting: No cellar visits and no direct sales at the estate
Torano Nuovo house bottling since 1964, working unfiltered and holding wine in the cellar for up to twenty years before decanting. Montepulciano, Trebbiano and Pecorino, plus rooms on site.
Tasting: Tastings and visits arranged by email, with an agriturismo in the founder's house on the estate
Founded at San Martino sulla Marrucina in 1981 and now farming 320 hectares across all four Abruzzo provinces, with about 2.5 million bottles a year according to DoctorWine.
Hillside estate at Cugnoli in the Pescara hinterland, trading as Agricola Tiberio and working Montepulciano, Trebbiano Abruzzese and Pecorino from its own vineyards.
Loreto Aprutino estate started in 2000, farming 26 hectares and making around 190,000 bottles a year per DoctorWine. Cellar and vineyard sit at Poggioragone.
Notaresco estate in the Colline Teramane DOCG zone, dating to 1970 and farming 30 hectares. Alessandro Nicodemi chairs the Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Abruzzo.
Torano Nuovo estate whose own site states the whole production is certified organic. Range covers Montepulciano, Cerasuolo and a skin contact Trebbiano d'Abruzzo.
Loreto Aprutino estate at Contrada Palazzo, covering the Montepulciano, Trebbiano, Cerasuolo and Pecorino range and selling into export markets in several languages.
Loreto Aprutino producer at Contrada Cordano, covering the full Abruzzo white set of Trebbiano, Pecorino, Passerina and Cococciola alongside Montepulciano and Cerasuolo.
Coastal cellar at Francavilla al Mare with a second property, the Tenuta Testarossa agriturismo, on the mountain side at Pescosansonesco in the Pescara province.
Pietranico estate of about 30 hectares that describes its own farming as organic and biodynamic, with an art and wellness programme alongside the cellar.
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.
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
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.
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.
Cooperative at Rocca San Giovanni above the Trabocchi coast, one of the growers that made a varietal case for Cococciola alongside the Montepulciano volume.
Tasting room of the Ofena estate in the Tirino valley, where flights run from a short pour to a full sit-down at 35 euro per person.
Tip: Ofena sits in a basin the locals call the oven of Abruzzo, so book a morning slot in July and August.
Cellar and vineyard visit above Loreto Aprutino with two daily slots, four wines poured alongside local cured meats and cheeses.
Tip: Reservations close three days ahead, so plan the Loreto Aprutino stop before you leave home.
Guided cellar visit at the Rocca San Giovanni cooperative, seven euro a head, covering the Cococciola that the co-op built its name on.
Tip: It is the cheapest sit-down tasting in the region and a short drive from the Trabocchi coast cycle path.
Organic estate above Tortoreto pouring three graded flights, from a short introduction to a full table of the amphora and skin-contact bottlings.
Tip: Ask for the macerated Pecorino, the bottling that put Terraviva into the Italian natural wine conversation.
Tasting at the mountain estate between the Maiella and Gran Sasso parks, with the San Calisto vineyard visible from the table.
Tip: Combine it with a night in the estate guest house, which is a few steps from the cellar door.
Small Casoli grower in the Aventino valley offering three short tasting formats, the cheapest of them ten euro a head.
Tip: Casoli is 66043, not the 66023 that some listings carry; the estate publishes the correct postcode itself.
Alanno estate in the Pescara valley pouring two tiers, the entry Cadetto range and the Amorino selection, by reservation.
Tip: Book the Amorino flight if you want the estate's older Montepulciano bottlings rather than the entry range.
Family cellar on the Gaglierano ridge above Citta Sant'Angelo, with three flights named after the vineyard, the town and the region.
Tip: The hill road gives a clear view down to the Adriatic, so go late in the afternoon.
Cellar visit and tasting at Penne, on the Vestina hills under the Gran Sasso, for fifteen euro a head.
Tip: Penne is a brick-built hill town worth an hour on foot before or after the tasting.
Valle Peligna producer at Pratola Peligna running a cellar and barrel-room visit with a selection of its wines and local food.
Tip: The estate also bottles liqueurs, so ask what is open beyond the wine list.
Pasetti pour at their Francavilla al Mare base, a coastal counterpart to the family's high-altitude vineyards at Pescosansonesco.
Tip: Ask about the Gran Sasso plots; the contrast with the coastal fruit is the point of the flight.
Masciarelli pour in the restored castle at Semivicoli, three set flights that run from four estate labels to five with wines from elsewhere in Europe.
Tip: The Premium flight at 12.30 includes a first course, so treat it as lunch rather than an aperitif.
Rosarubra's shop and tasting room on the Lungofino road at Citta Sant'Angelo, away from the biodynamic estate at Pietranico.
Tip: It is the easier of the two Rosarubra town rooms to reach from the Pescara airport road.
Organic Trebbiano d'Abruzzo at 7.40 euros from the Tollo cooperative, which draws on 2,700 hectares of member vineyard across the Chieti hills. Current vintage 2024.
Tip: A useful reference point: taste it against a grower Trebbiano at three times the price to see what the denomination gives you and what the estate adds.
A skin contact Trebbiano d'Abruzzo at twenty euros, under the estate's Poggio Varano label. Luciano Pignataro covered its presentation when the estate first showed the macerated white.
Tip: The Poggio Varano line also runs an amphora Montepulciano and a Colline Teramane Cerasuolo Superiore, all twenty euros, for a three bottle set.