Trebbiano d’Abruzzo DOC 2022

The wines from Francesco Cirelli's La Collina series come from organic contract farming of surrounding farms. Although the namesake Trebbiano d'Abruzzo is on the label, most of the wines under this label of origin are pressed from Trebbiano Toscano. The grapes are destemmed, followed by a 24-hour maceration in tanks. Then the must is gently pressed and fermented spontaneously in stainless steel. After four months on the lees, bottling takes place after a small addition of sulphur.

Bright straw yellow, bright and clear.

The 2022 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo from Francesco Cirelli allows a precise look into the current development of the region and the vintage. With an expansively ripe, generous character, it tells of the heat year 2022, which Cirelli has nevertheless brought to the bottle with slender 12%. Herbaceous, it smells of sage, chamomile tea, laurel and light tobacco, underpinned by fragrant yeasty notes of fresh plait, on the way home at four in the morning. Fruit or other exuberant aromas are not characteristics of Cirelli's Trebbiano either.

Juicy with a fresh nature, it flows over the palate and has an enormous presence right from the start for this actually rather simple wine from Cirelli's basic line. The camomile is just as present as the impression of sage tea with a spoonful of honey from the surrounding maquis. The phenolic flanks the wine with stimulating tart tannin, the acidity is ripe in keeping with the vintage and very well integrated. Aromatic with good bass and a tart finish.