Structure
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
Aroma: peach, apricot, pineapple, hazelnut, candied fruit, broom flower, mint
Palate: yellow stone fruit, hazelnut, spice
Long-lived Loreto Aprutino Trebbiano. Luciano Pignataro, opening a 1998 bottle, found a bright golden colour, peach, apricot, pineapple, hazelnut, candied fruit, broom and mint, with a delicate palate still young and fresh.
What it pairs with
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Brodetto alla vastese
Pignataro drank the bottle with Neapolitan seafood cooking, and the wine's acidity carries the tomato and fish broth. -
Grilled Adriatic sea bream
The stone-fruit and hazelnut register matches grilled white fish without covering it. -
Pecorino di Farindola, young
Sheep's-milk salt sharpens the wine's freshness and the nutty tone answers the paste.
Facts
- Producer
- Valentini · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Trebbiano Abruzzese
- Classification
- Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC
Frequently asked about Valentini Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
What does Valentini Trebbiano d'Abruzzo taste like?
A 1998 bottle tasted by Luciano Pignataro showed a bright golden colour with peach, apricot, pineapple, hazelnut, candied fruit, broom and mint. The palate was delicate and balanced, with freshness still intact after 25 years.
Is Trebbiano d'Abruzzo a grape?
No. Trebbiano d'Abruzzo is a denomination, and its disciplinare requires at least 85 percent Trebbiano abruzzese and/or Trebbiano toscano. Valentini works with old Trebbiano abruzzese vines at Loreto Aprutino.
Can you visit Valentini?
No. DoctorWine states that the estate offers neither cellar visits nor direct sales at the door.