UNLEASHING HIDDEN POTENTIAL

VALENTINI MONTEPULCIANO D’ABRUZZO

The late Abruzzo winemaker Edoardo Valentini was considered one of the best in the region up until his death in 2006. Despite his notoriety for shunning all forms of marketing and the media, his wines garnered cult status for their complexity and ageing potential. While these properties are almost a given with the most well-regarded wines, Valentini makes his from trebbiano and montepulciano – two widely-grown, indigenous

Italian varieties that are most often regarded as bulk grapes. The montepulciano, in particular, is used only during the best vintages, and even then, with an exceedingly low percentage of the harvest to ensure a singular elixir.