Faraone, Abruzzo
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Faraone, Abruzzo,
Ready, but will keep,
This terrific wine showcases the potential quality of Trebbiano, a variety the Faraone family has been working with since 1971. The low-yielding vines produce intensely concentrated fruit, making a wine with an amazing ability to age. The nose is fragrant and fresh, with wild herbs, waxy citrus, sweet hay and floral undergrowth. The palate is full of fruit, both white stone-fruit and bitter citrus on a bedrock of crunchy, crystalline minerality. Drink now to 2025.
Matt Smith, Buyer (spring 2019)
Matt Smith, Buyer (spring 2019)
Bottle
£15.50
Case price (6)
£93.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 11cs
£64.08
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Bottle
£16.50
Case price (6)
£99.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 8cs
£69.06
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Faraone, Abruzzo,
Ready, but will keep,
Pecorino is a white grape, sometimes described as a red dressed as white. Traditionally from the hills of Abruzzo, it thrives in the area’s slightly cooler climate and clay soils. It is the last grape to flower in the spring and the first to be harvested in September. Made traditionally, this example offers notes of white flowers while time spent on its lees – the dead yeast cells – gives it a full mouth-feel. Drink now to 2022.
Matt Smith, Buyer (spring 2019)
Matt Smith, Buyer (spring 2019)
Bottle
£17.50
Case price (6)
£105.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs
£74.04
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The Faraone family produces traditional Montepulciano d’Abruzzo wines. Their 9ha property is now focused on the new ‘Collepietro’ vineyard at Mosciano Sant’Angelo in the Colline Teramane DOCG zone of Abruzzo, some 10 miles from the Adriatic.
Faraone’s story dates back to 1916, and particularly to the 1930s when Montepulciano, Sangiovese and Passerina were first planted; bottling started in 1970. Giovanni Faraone makes the wine, aided by his wife Paola & sons Alfonso & Federico; the latter an oenologist who’s worked in France and New Zealand before taking up a post in Umbria. They also make a fine Trebbiano d’Abruzzo, Passerina and Pecorino.