{"title":"Fattoria La Valentina | Abruzzo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/Collection_Banner_386f5591-0791-4d09-bbaa-6103be503996.jpg?v=1562708561\" alt=\"Fattoria La Valentina Vineyards in Italy's Abruzzo Wine Region\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFattoria La Valentina was founded in 1990 by Sabatino Di Properzio and is located in Spoltore on the central Adriatic coast of Italy. In recent years several artisan producers have arrived in the region and begun producing top quality wines from the Abruzzo’s indigenous Montepulciano and Trebbiano grape varietals and Fattoria La Valentina has been at the very forefront of this movement. While taking a very traditional approach to farming and employing organic and biodynamic farming methods, Di Properzio also uses modern up-to-date technology, ensuring the integrity of the wine from grape to glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spoltore hillside was planted nearly 30 years ago and both the Spelt and Bellovedere wines are produced from this vineyard. The 10 acre Binomio vineyard, planted entirely with Montepulciano, is located in Abruzzo Citeriore at 1,640 ft. above sea level. The unique features of the region’s microclimate, combined with vines well-suited to the land, give the wines their distinctive qualities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ‘basic’ Montepulciano, if it can be called that, sees little oak, and is an intense, civilised representation of the grape’s myriad fruit and spice flavours. Spelt is a selection of top fruit from fifteen hectares of vineyards, given a longer maceration and eighteen months in oak, making for a more complex, structured wine, for drinking a little bit older. Bellovedere, meanwhile, is a single two-hectare vineyard that gives low yields of sumptuously concentrated fruit, and regularly demonstrates the brilliance to which Montepulciano can aspire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lavalentina.it\/it\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Fattoria La Valentina Website\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eFattoria La Valentina Website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"la-valentina-montepulciano-dabruzzo-classica","title":"La Valentina Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa Valentina Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Linea Classica is an award winning red wine from the Abruzzo wine region of Italy. This red wine upholds Fattoria La Valentina's belief that their wines should faithfully represent the vines from which they originated. The style combines tradition with modernity with an easy approach and inherent complexity. It sees little oak, and is an intense, civilised representation of the grape’s myriad fruit and spice flavours.[#intro]Award winning Montepulciano d'Abruzzo that combines tradition with modernity...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Valentina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23451274772538,"sku":"A23LAVALENTINACLASSICA-1","price":16.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Montepulciano.jpg?v=1562755678"},{"product_id":"la-valentina-spelt-montepulciano-dabruzzo-riserva","title":"La Valentina Spelt Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa Valentina's 'Spelt' Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva is an award winning (Tre Bicchieri - Gambero Rosso) red wine made from 100% Montepulciano grapes. The fruit is sourced from fifteen hectares of vineyards with some vines now over 40 years old. After fermentation the wine spends 16 months part in a combination of new and second-fill large Slavonian oak barrels, barriques and tonneaux. After the final blend is assembled the wine is refined further with a couple of months in 25 hl oak Slavonian barrels and almost a year in bottle. Spelt is a complex and well structured Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva perfect with some bottle age. Deep and intense red in colour it offers up aromas of wild rose, violets, crisp red currants and liquorice. The palate is voluptuous and velvety with polished tannins and superb length. Perfect served with roast lamb chops, grilled meats and pasta dishes with ragù sauce. 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The wine then undergoes malolactic conversion and ageing for 18 months in a combination of barriques, concrete and the same casks where the fermentation took place. After blending, the wine is bottled (in the appropriate phase of the moon), unfiltered and unfined, before resting a further year in bottle prior to its release on the market. Deep ruby red in colour Bellovedere displays complex aromas of dark plum, blackberry and aromatic herbs alongside coffee and cocoa notes. The palate is powerful and rich, yet fresh, leading into a long and clean finish with lovely mineral notes and lingering violet perfume. 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