2013 Tiberio Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Fonte Canale

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93 points

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  6/13/2023 - Eric Guido Likes this wine:

  The 2013 Fonte Canale has really come to life since my last experience with it in 2020. Today, this is smoky and mineral intense with crushed oyster shells, caraway and lemon oils contrasting young peach, mango and dusty florals. Its textures are soft, yet the impact is enormous, as stimulating acidity and tart orchard fruits assault the senses, evolving into an almost salt-and-white pepper savoriness. Perfectly refined and crisply refreshing, like liquid limestone. At ten years old, the 2013 still comes across as a teenager, with edgy elbows and knees, yet luminescent and wildly attractive. It's incredible that this was only her second commercial release of Fonte Canale. Magic juice, and with many years of evolution in store!!!

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  3/28/2019 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Fonte Canale Vertical with Cristiana Tiberio & Levi Dalton: The nose was restrained and almost savory, showing pretty floral tones, young peach, hints of caraway, and floral undergrowth. On the palate, I found soft textures, giving way to ripe apple infused with saline minerals, as hints of lemon and sweet herbs developed toward the finale. The finish was long with a twang of tart green apple, lasting minerals and spice. The 2013 is just starting to enter its early drinking window.

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  2/12/2017 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 93 Points

  It took over an hour for the '13 Fonte Canale to really show it's true potential, yet once it did, there was no doubt about this wines potential. On the nose, I found a bouquet of dried flowers, pear and young peach, along with hints of lime and penetrating crushed stone minerality. Unexpectedly weighty textures were contrasted by masses of tart lemon-lime citrus, green apple, minerals and brisk acidity, which made the mouth water throughout the finish, as cheek-puckering, saturating citrus-infused stone fruits lingered on. There's so much tension here, I can only imagine what this wine might reveal one day down the road.

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