Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Lammidia - Colle Florido - Rabasco

Trebbiano d'Abruzzo "Lammidia" - "Colle Florido" - "Rabasco".

Trebbiano d'Abruzzo" Is a white grape in the central region of Abruzzo, it was documented since 1856 by Raffaele Sersante.
Roughly 14 million liters of Trebbiano d'Abruzzo is produced each year. Is golden-green in color,  long cylindrical bunches of tough-skinned berries, with a delicate bouquet and refreshing, crisp acidity. Big leaves protect him from sunburn in the hot summers always ventilated by the Adriatic sea on one side and the Apennine mountain chain on the other side. A terrific terroir with ancient marl/limestone base with dark massive clay on the surface ( Jura - Burgundy rings a bell?) The training system is a pergola, quite unique in this region lower in height and closer between the branches of the vines. 
The official Trebbiano d'Abruzzo production zone covers, all parts of the Abruzzo region which are not dominated by mountains, the coastal, and inland in the middle to include the Alto Tirino plateau, the Subequana Valley, and the Peligna Valley. More than 150 parishes are covered, divided roughly evenly between Abruzzo's four provinces: Chieti, Aquila, Pescara, and Teramo.


Historically two producers have made this region very famous around the world with their craft artisan wine focus on Trebbiano & Montepulciano grapes varieties. Those men we can state are the father's "Les pères" "I padri" of the Abruzzo terroir. 
Edoardo Valentini: no website available. 
However, for several years some great youngs "winemakers" continuing with lots of interesting wines to keep this region on the map of the wine world.
They all chosen to work in very natural farming and very little intervention in the winery. 


Pepe Cellar, reserve wines.

I'm going to share with you 3 of Trebbiano I had the chance to drink in the antipodes, here in Melbourne:

Colle Florido

Two guys Andrea & Daniela making wine in the northern part of Abruzzo in a little town called Pianella in the Provence of Pescara. Andrea Is having a great past as a sommelier in 3 Michelin stars environment between Italy and France, with his wife Daniela an architect they decide to farm the grandfather's propriety and make wine. They work only with Trebbiano and Montepulciano, they having a very luxury "French attitude" to craft their wines as expansive oak, precision, and the love for complexity, all in my personal view. Their vineyards growing on the Cordon de Royat training system and the classic Pergola Tendone Abruzzese. 

2018 Colle Florido Il Postino 
The wine was gold in color with a green rim, vivid translucent, and medium + viscosity. Notes of Boise a touch of vanilla a first glance, autolytic yeasty element as creamy cheese but also stone fruit as peach, nectarine, and green plum. 
The palate is supported by nice vertical acidity, also is horizontal due to the wood aging with those mature peach and mature apple. Minerality crush rocks, granitic with an undertone of wet leaves, dumb earthiness. Medium body, high complexity, quite nice long finish. 11,5%
A great wine with secondary notes from the aging time, supported by a nice level acidity displaying great potential for cellar aging. 
Lammidia
Lammidia Is a project leading by Davide and Marco two mates for a long time. They are located in little Contrada called Villa Celiera almost 800 meters above sea level, this town is famous to be the place where the famous Arrosticini charcoal Lamb skewers are born.

 

Here we have a natural approach of farming no So2 and the aging container used are the traditional Concrete tank, clay Amphora, and stainless steel. They make lots of cuvée using native varieties of Abruzzo but also international varieties as Pinot Noir, Cabernet and others. 
They always play around freshness and crispness but without losing the complexity. Those are wines that can be drunk young but also good for cellaring especially their project on Amphora, on my personal view. They also use the classic Tendone Pergola training system and the Spurred Cordon system.
2018 Lammidia Bianchetto 
The wine is lemony gold in color with a watery rim, vivid brilliant with medium viscosity.
Notes of orchard fruit pear, red skin apple, secondary characters nutty salted almond, crust cheese as manchego or comte. Super high acidity, as the Four Seasons violins of Vivaldi, vertical, tension, and great energy. Salty minerality, with limestone presence also secondary nutty elements show on the palate too. 10,5%
A wine likes play on the acid structure no fattiness at all, truly skinny but the tension and nerve are played very well with the terroir and the early harvest. 
 Rabasco
Iole Rabasco as well as Colle Florido is located in the village of Pianella, in the heart of Abruzzo. The area offers a unique micro-climate particular to this north-central corner of Abruzzo; the Adriatic sea 40 kilometers away while the base of Gran Sasso Mountain is on the western edge of the Rabasco property.  Iole the owner she inheriting her family’s small vineyards and olive grove which are never been treated with chemicals. Montepulciano with little Trebbiano 40 years average 450 meters above sea level. Vines are trained in the traditional "Tendone" style of pergola vine training, all worked by hands, also some examples of Lyre system training has been implemented as an experiment. Soils are calcareous clay mixed with alluvial sediment and fossil remains. There is the old fashion method of elevage in Damijan. 
2018 Rabasco Contrada Cancelli
has nice deep golden color, notes of spice and stone fruit, with lovely structured acidity lots of energy on the palate. Minerality was stony and slightly flinty. 10,5% 
Great depth and complexity with refreshing drinkability, awesome balance between fruit and spice. 



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