2007 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
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There’s no telling the age of the 2007 Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Vecchie Vigne from its color alone, boasting a vibrant golden hue. It bursts from the glass with a potent mix of lemon oils, pungent florals, rosemary and confectionery tangerine. For all of its aromatic intensity, it's incredibly savory on the palate, mineral and flinty in style, almost like liquid stone, yet has a core of vivid pear that balances the expression out perfectly. The 2007 tapers off a bit shorter than anticipated while leaving a saline tension that lingers long. This was a warm vintage; however, well-timed rains during July helped keep the fruit healthy and ripen at an even pace.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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From a warm year. Paler golden straw than the 2010, curiously enough! The concentration of a warm year on the nose, but it translates into depth. Sweet mandarin and lemon, mushroom and balsamic spice. Proper substance and concentration, but poised at the same time. Confit-lemon finish and almost a touch salty. With aeration it’s still brooding but with plenty of minerally, stony, saline notes. (WS)
Emidio Pepe's 2007 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo is a gorgeous wine at an ideal moment in its drinking window. The bouquet is dry and austere with dried flowers, candied fruit, apricot and loads of crushed mineral or flinty stone. It shows beautifully evolved and focused aromatic qualities that give this wine a clear sense of elegance and sophistication. It is dry, medium bodied in the mouth with lasting structure and backbone.
Pepe's 2007 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo is especially rich and large- scaled in this vintage. Honey, roasted nuts, spices and licorice flow from the glass. This is a distinctly powerful, intense Trebbiano. In my view, the 2007 is too forward to age gracefully, but only time will tell for sure. Personally, I wouldn't push it. The Pepe Trebbiano is as old-school as it gets. The grapes are crushed by foot and fermented in steel, while the wine is aged in cement vats.
About the producer
Emidio Pepe is a star of the Abruzzo region and one of Italy’s most famous names. Worshipped by natural-wine lovers for its low-intervention approach, this estate makes category-defying, age-worthy examples of Montepulciano, Trebbiano and Cerasolo d’Abruzzo, as well as Pecorino Colli Aprutini.