2011 Azienda Agricola Valentini Trebbiano d'Abruzzo

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  3/6/2023 - The Wine Dispatch [b2w.wine] Likes this wine:

  A bit shy on the nose, but showing notes of hay, green apple, brett, savory herbs, lambic yeast, and an interesting savory "coffee in the air" aroma (like if you ground some beans and then smelled the room).On the palate it is perfectly balanced with every front palate, mid palate and finish all prolongued and showing great texture and mineral grip.

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  10/16/2022 - mclanew Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Consistent with previous notes

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  9/20/2022 - Smooth Jazz wrote:

  Going through a dumb phase? Not unusual in my experience with Valentini especially in the past. Youthful, with no signs of aging, but not very expressive vs numerous previous bottles I've had of this wine (although this is the first one I've opened since the pandemic). Will wait 3-5 years before opening another one

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  6/29/2022 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  100% organically farmed Bombino Bianco (more likely a local synonym for Trebbiano Abruzzese than Bombino Bianco the variety). The wine is made from approx. 5-10% of the best grapes harvested, the rest is sold off as bulk. Fermented spontaneously and aged in old oak casks. Spontaneous MLF. Bottled unfined, unfiltered and without any SO2. 12% alcohol. Tasted in a Valentini Trebbiano 2014-1999 vertical.
  
  Quite intense and somewhat deep but also slightly hazy yellow-green color. Crisp and sharp nose with aromas of lemony citrus fruits, some flinty notes of reductive smoke, light crunchy Granny Smith apple tones, a little bit of hay, subtly bretty hints of leather and waxy funk, a touch of sweeter yellow fruit and faint whiff of minty lift. The wine feels fresh, lively and crunchy on the palate with a medium body and dry, youthful flavors of lemony citrus fruits and ripe green currants, some tangy notes of salinity, a little bit of phenolic spice, light funky notes of leather, slightly bitter hints of apple peel and a touch of stony minerality. The high acidity makes the wine feel refreshing and quite structured. The medium-to-moderately long finish is crisp, lively and rather lengthy with a dry aftertaste of stony minerality, some lemony citrus fruit tones, a little bit of ripe green currant, light saline nuances, a hint of leathery funk and a touch of phenolic spice.
  
  A wonderfully clean, bright and refreshing vintage of Valentini Trebbiano. Compared to the other vintages we tasted, this seemed to be lacking a bit in concentration and dry extract - that typically tactile, even slightly viscous mouthfeel of Valentini Trebbiano was almost completely absent here, making the wine feel slightly lighter and more delicate compared to the other vintages. That, on one hand, made the wine feel perhaps slightly less impressive than those more concentrated vintages, but on the other hand, it also made the wine feel perhaps more refreshing and precise in character. I guess that with a bit more concentration and length, this wine could've gained one or two points more, but this was pretty darn lovely wine all the same - especially when the funky notes of brett (another very typical quality of Valentini Trebbiano) were very much in the background here, basically only adding to the complexity and not obfuscating anything. Great stuff that will continue to improve for years more, even if the wine is drinking pretty well already now.

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  2/19/2022 - mclanew Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Popped and poured. Another stunning bottle. So cool and poised. Very youthful. Elegant and silky with flavors of lemon, lime, minerals and lychee. Just lovely.

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