Abruzzo is the home of one of Italy’s better known indigenous red grape varieties, Montepulciano. Red wine production is entirely built around this single variety and it deserves attention of both wine novices and enthusiasts. Reds from Abruzzo are dark, spicy and laden with fruits, coupled with soft acidity (which is strange for Italian wine) and heavy tannin. A real force. When it comes to whites, the story is very much the same and is built on a singular variety in Trebbiano, which is slightly different to Trebbiano grown elsewhere in Italy. Trebbiano d’Abruzzo as its better known generally makes fresh, dry white wines with a slightly grassy flavour.
