$460.00
“Bright straw color with lime peel, green apple and chalky mineral character and straw undertones. Bone dry on the palate, with zesty acidity, great weight and almost salty lemon flavors. A touch of almonds filigreed to the structure. Tangerine and ginger undertones. So flavorful, tangy and electric at the end. The Coche Dury of Italy. Drinkable now, but best from 2028…” James Suckling
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There may have been no greater cult figure in Italian wine than the late Edoardo Valentini, the mysterious producer of Italy’s greatest white, the mythic Valentini Trebbiano d’Abruzzo.
This extraordinary wine became legendary due to the intensity, complexity and ageworthiness reported by those lucky enough to have tasted it. And the legend was only fueled by its extreme rarity and Valentini’s reluctance to talk about how he made it.
What is known is that he ripped up the existing plantings of the characterless Trebbiano Toscano clone. He replaced it with an ancient local clone, Trebbiano d’Abruzzese, convinced it best conveyed the soul of his terroir. And he relied on venerable Roman winemaking methods to express this with startling clarity.
Furthermore, he didn’t make it every year. And when he did, he only bottled 5% of his fruit, selling off the rest for not meeting his perfectionist standards.
Edoardo passed away in 2006 after making this amazing wine for fifty vintages. But his son Francesco, schooled from an early age in his father’s singular ways, hasn’t missed a beat, fashioning epic Trebbianos since his first solo vintage in 2007.
In fact, they may be even better than before. Francesco has brought greater consistency and elegance to this profound wine, while sacrificing none of its transcendent character.
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