Abruzzo’s Edoardo Valentini was known locally as the “Lord of the Vines.” This resolute old-timer disregarded all modern conventions and wrapped his operations in a shroud of mystery, carefully guarding his production techniques.
Valentini remains one of the oldest and greatest names in Italian viniculture; masters of traditional winemaking. The Valentini family is Spanish in origin, dating back to 1650, when the Bourbons ruled southern Ita...
In the 1950s, Edoardo was the first Valentini to dedicate himself to the propriety until his death in 2006. His son Francesco Paolo Valentini has since taken over, aided by his (Hispanic) wife Elèna, and now son Gabriele. Located in the heart of the Colline Teramane DOCG zone of Abruzzo, at Loreto Aprutino, on sandy/ calcareous clay soils in sight of the Adriatic sea, the 60-hectare estate is divided between olive oil and grapes (Trebbiano d’A...
| Valentini in Abruzzo has long been a winery shrouded in secrecy: it is rarely open to visitors, their vinification methods are largely unknown, and their wines are released only when they are deemed ready in the most miniscule quantities. They make some of the few Italian whites and roses that arrive (and improve magnificently) with age, and their Montepulciano is bottled only in great vintages! |
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