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Loreto Aprutino, Pescara
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Participants: Minimum 2, Maximum Not Specified
From €45.00
“Guided tour of the winery followed by a tasting of 4 wines accompanied by local meats and cheeses”
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Loreto Aprutino, Pescara
2 Hours
Participants: Minimum 2, Maximum Not Specified
From €90.00
“Guided tour of the winery with tasting of 4 CRU wines paired with finger food from the Michelin-starred restaurant La Bandiera”

About Winery and Wines

The landscape around our estate has been heavily shaped over millions of years by multiple glacial processes. The region around Loreto Aprutino shows geomorphologies typical of glacial and periglacial environments, including glacial circles, moraines, rock glaciers, roches montonèes, kettle holes and soils with patterned ground surface. The study of the soils within the kettle holes show that these morphologies were comprised of sequences of buried soils characterized by the presence of wind-blown volcanic ashes. However, the most important environmental characteristic of present day Abruzzi is its incredible biodiversity. Filled with an impressive number of National Parks, the region borders the Apennine mountain range towards west, the Maiella mountain range towards south, the Sibylline massif towards North and the Adriatic Sea towards east. Over 20% of the Abruzzi region is covered by woods.

Archaeological remains pertaining to the production of wine and extra-virgin olive oil can be found in the ancient town of Loreto Aprutino. This thousand year tradition has today become so widespread that out of 7500 inhabitants in Loreto Aprutino there are over 1400 producers, including Talamonti. The wines of Abruzzi are cited by several authors over the centuries, including Ovid, Pliny and Martial. Stories about the health benefits of Abruzzo’s red wine flourished thousands of years ago. Even the cure for Hannibal’s horses from scurvy in 216 BC is attributed to Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. As a result, for the past 200 years wine producers in Tuscany and in the Abruzzi region have debated the true origin and paternity of the name “Montepulciano”. The confusion stems from the capacity of both to produce great wines. However, the ripening period for Sangiovese and Montepulciano are distant apart, demonstrating the difference. As far as Trebbiano is concerned, one clone is already mentioned by the Bolognese agronomist De Crescentiis in 1303. This grape is planted throughout most of Italy but only in specific terroir does the grape truly express its full potential. Although many clones of Trebbiano exist, only one of these can compared to the great white wines of the world: Trebbiano d’Abruzzo produced in Loreto Aprutino. Often compared to Semillion by experts, Loreto Aprutino’s Trebbiano d’Abruzzo can display an impressive freshn

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