Cuvées

Anthology Abruzzo Pecorino

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Cantina TolloAbruzzoStill White

Picked in mid-September, destemmed, cryomacerated and soft-pressed before a temperature-controlled fermentation. The cellar describes intense citrus, pear and white peach aromas merging with delicate notes of aromatic herbs.

Chronicon Pecorino

4.3

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Cantina ZaccagniniAbruzzoStill White

Pressed in an anaerobic environment, cold-settled at zero degrees for a week and fermented for ten days. Brilliant straw yellow of medium intensity, a floral profile of white flowers with crisp pear, and a slender, agile body marked by freshness and salinity.

Collecivetta Abruzzo Pecorino

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

PasettiAbruzzoStill White

A pure young Pecorino that now accounts for about a third of the estate's output. Brilliant straw yellow, with dried yellow flowers, citrus, dried fruit and bread crust, and an acid vein and marked minerality balanced by good structure.

Contesa Abruzzo Pecorino

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

ContesaAbruzzo€€€€€€Still White

Pure Pecorino from the Vigneto al Lago at Collecorvino, 200 metres up on clay-silt soil. Cryomaceration and rest in steel are used to hold on to the minerality and freshness the estate wants from the variety.

Donna Greta Abruzzo Pecorino Superiore

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant

Cantina FrentanaAbruzzoStill White

The white of the co-operative's Selezioni range, vinified in steel with indigenous yeasts and fermented on the skins for seven or eight days, then a year of elevage on the fine lees and at least six months in bottle before release.

Eikos Pecorino

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Cantine AgriverdeAbruzzoStill White

Straw yellow with green tints. The estate calls the nose complex and deep, with white-fleshed fruit, sage and lavender merging into mineral nuances, and the palate fresh, savoury and mineral.

Ekwo Abruzzo Pecorino

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Tenuta TerravivaAbruzzo€€€€€€€Still White

Guyot-trained Pecorino picked in the first ten days of September, soft-pressed and settled in steel drums, then six months in steel before bottling.

Giocheremo con i Fiori Abruzzo Pecorino

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Torre dei BeatiAbruzzoStill White

Pecorino from a five hectare east-northeast plot planted in 2005, cropped at 50 hectolitres. The estate finds an elegant nose of citrus and white flowers rounded by honey, then a soft entry lifted by juicy acidity and nervy minerality.

Giulia Pecorino

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Cataldi MadonnaAbruzzo€€€€€€Still White

Made by Luigi Cataldi Madonna for his daughter's eighteenth birthday and described by the estate as a canonical mountain Pecorino: clean-cut acidity, sharp and pleasurable, with a full clean body that pushes the drinker on.

Grue Colli Aprutini Pecorino

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Tenuta Cerulli SpinozziAbruzzoStill White

Straw yellow with a green rim. The estate notes scents of small white-fleshed fruit and fragrant ripe green citrus, and a palate that is soft and dry with a compact, savoury freshness.

Nerube Abruzzo Pecorino

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Jasci & MarchesaniAbruzzo€€€€€€Still White

From spurred-cordon vines at 280 metres with north and west exposure, vinified as a white at a controlled 14 degrees. Straw yellow, fruity on the nose, dry and pleasant with long aromatic persistence.

Sessanta Passi Pecorino

4.2

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

MarramieroAbruzzo€€€€€€Still White

Named after the sessantapassi, the old Neapolitan-pace measure of the sheep track that crosses the family's vineyards. Pale straw with green tints, fruity with very fine floral notes, and decidedly dry, fresh and lively on the palate.

Tenuta I Fauri Abruzzo Pecorino

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Fruity

Tenuta I FauriAbruzzoStill White

Static settling of the must after soft pressing, then temperature-controlled fermentation and steel ageing. The estate calls the bouquet intense, with exotic fruit, apple, honey and mint, and serves it at 10 to 12 degrees.

Tiberio Pecorino

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

TiberioAbruzzoStill White

Massal-selection Pecorino given five to six hours of cold skin contact and pressed only by gravity. The estate finds sage, rosemary, green fig, peach and grapefruit, a fresh balanced attack and an enveloping exotic close.

Tre Massi Pecorino

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Tenuta Secolo IXAbruzzoStill White

Pecorino suited to the estate's foothill climate, with low yields per vine sharpening its minerality and long ageing on the fine lees adding juiciness. Straw yellow with green tints, crisp and fresh, with white-fleshed fruit, acacia honey and herbs.

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