Tiberio Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOP 'Fonte Canale' 2023Fonte Canale is one of Italys ten to twelve best white wines I do not believe I have ever scored an Italian white wine 100 points yet, but frankly, its only a matter of time before one between Valentini and Tiberio gets there Ian d'Agata Fonte Canale is produced from 736 pre phylloxera vines planted to pergola Abruzzese in the 1920s across 1. 5 hectares at 380 metres on a clay limestone soil with a high percentage of sand. These particular vines

Carlos Mazo's focus is Garnacha

very long time (we drank a beautiful 1958 recently

Produced from 85 year old vines (time of harvest) at 380m with SW face in the Bricco San Pietro sub-zone of Tantesti

In production since 2017

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Tangy and flavorful

inherently rich

exceptional drinking all up and generally just a darn impressive red wine

amphora and a new

Decant and take it slow

From a single hectare (Grignolino is sadly a rarity in Piedmont these days) of organically farmed vines with wine making in stainless steel

dried autumn leaves and incense build through to the finish