Azienda Agricola Valentini - Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 2018
Price: $199.99
| Producer | Azienda Agricola Valentini |
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| Country | Italy |
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| Region | Trebbiano d'Abruzzo |
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| Varietal | Ugni Blanc |
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| Vintage | 2018 |
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| Sku | 33983 |
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When to drink: 2022 to 2045
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
This is a gorgeous wine that will undoubtedly evolve toward additional silkiness and finesse with more bottle age. This is one of the icon wines of Italy, and its reputation has been carefully built over generations. The 2018 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo plays its best cards in the mouth thanks to its seamless and fluid delivery. The wine is creamy and dense with peach cobbler and bakery aromas, yet it's fleeting and ethereal at the same time. There is a lot of movement and dimension to this vintage that saw a cool spring and a hot summer.
Decanter Magazine: 96 Points
2018 is a leaner vintage, but not less elegant, and is full of intensity and details: lemony minerality, sweet yellow grapefruit, a lot of fern and subtle briney savouriness which is a signature of this wine. It's a flinty wine focused on elegance; silky textured with refreshing, delicate acidity and amazing length to the finish. With proper balance and concentration, it's a major success for a vintage of mostly lean wines. ‘Uncork the wine a couple of hours before you drink it; a slow awakening,’ said passionate viticulturist Francesco Paolo Valentini. I was impressed by this estate's wines from the 1970s when I tasted them a few years ago and they were still in shape – his Trebbiano from Abruzzo is renowned for its ability to age.
