Trebbiano, Abruzzo

The generic name of Trebbiano includes a vast family of very different grape varieties. It is the most cultivated white grape variety in Italy and is present in almost all regions of central and southern Italy, in particular in Tuscany and Abruzzo. Its success is mainly due to its good vigor and productivity, which in the past centuries have made it preferable to other varieties, precisely because of its abundant harvests. In Tuscany it is often vinified together with the white Chianti malvasia, while in Abruzzo it is produced in purity with qualitatively interesting results.

Cultivation with low yields provides wines with good body, with complex and deep aromas, high acidity and a good propensity for aging.

Wine’s history in Abruzzo goes back a long way in time. From Ovidio to Polibio, in fact, there are many authoritative testimonies of the existence of a wine tradition already in ancient times. Concentrated until the Renaissance in the province of L’Aquila, Abruzzo's viticulture experienced a phase of rapid transformation, especially in the period of unification.

Since the mid-twentieth century, wine production in Abruzzo has become increasingly specialised and concentrated in areas with a high wine-growing vocation, which thanks to good ventilation and large temperature ranges between day and night, ensure an ideal microclimate for the production of high quality grapes.