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.
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.
Address: Contrada San Pietro, 25, 66010 Tollo, Chieti, Italy, Abruzzo
Cooperative at Rocca San Giovanni above the Trabocchi coast, one of the growers that made a varietal case for Cococciola alongside the Montepulciano volume.
Crecchio estate in the Chieti hinterland, selling an Abruzzo range direct and through export markets from its cellar on Via San Polo.
Estate at Caldari di Ortona combining a cellar with rooms and a restaurant, listed by the Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Abruzzo for tastings, cellar visits and retail sales.
Tasting: Tastings, cellar visits and accommodation at the estate resort
Vasto producer on the Colli Albani hill above the southern Abruzzo coast, working the Montepulciano, Trebbiano and Cerasuolo range from a cellar inside the town.
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