VALORI ABRUZZO PECORINO 2023

Valori cultivates 14 hectares of certified organic vineyards across the Teramo Hills in northern Abruzzo, where small parcels between Controguerra and Sant'Omero sit at 160-300 meters elevation with southeast exposure just kilometers from the Adriatic Sea. The medium sandy soils, poor in nutrients but mineral-rich beneath Gran Sasso d'Abruzzo's foothills, stress the vines to their cultivation limits while Mediterranean climate influences push Pecorino grapes to maximum phenolic maturity. This ancient Abruzzese varietal, nearly extinct before recent revival, produces a limpid straw-yellow wine with green highlights offering intense aromatics of green apple, peach, apricot, and [iris] notes. The elegant Pecorino delivers the crisp minerality and balanced acidity characteristic of Abruzzo's coastal-mountain terroir, showcasing sustainable viticulture in Italy's only DOCG appellation for Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.