Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.6

Really complicated on these so suspect days, expose themselves with concepts such as: tradition, terroir, identity without falling into the most sinister rhetoric if not sounds just trite and hypocritical as the counterfeit currency with which even large-scale industries - supported by marketing - pays back its inattentive mass audience riding the wave of the country of origin or protected typicality. A diabolical mechanism this one for which even the most noble ideas probably the right practices and good experiences completed in the scale of centuries to human measure and not on massive industrial scale, are trivialized by sleazy slogan, emptied of meaning to be more or less surreptitious thanks to barbaric persuasion techniques and brain-washing propaganda.
Yet with the Valentini's Trebbiano you may not groped to summarize in words if not by drawing on terms so appropriate to express it. Now concerning this iconic label we've got behind it a local grape variety, a real family and a great wine that collect in a bottle the past and present story of a side of Abruzzo who claims to defeats victories and sacrifices to dominate the abuses (on and of) nature, miseries and splendours of agricultural seasons. Places, people, vision, wines such as Valentini are here to remind us how each bottle stay so proudly standing as non-reproducible beauty and fermented goodness expressing all its artisanal uniqueness and authenticity which are just that suspect to industrial wine production in manufacturing chains on standardized quantities; wines that are all equal to themselves even though wine itself is not much left at the end of the day/cycle. Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Valentini 1998 is what we have to rate right now: rusticity with class; style, purity and glory of a local grape recognized by many admirers from all over the world: act local think global this is another slogan-cliché which in this specific Valentini's wine exemple could sounds a little less false and more effective. — 10 years ago

with Alberto and Giovanni

Meredith Stegall

9.5

Delicious traditional Pinot of less traditional origin. — 12 years ago

Ginger Vintner

9.1

Vino: VILLA WOLF GEWÜRZTRAMINER

Vintage: 2014

Origin: Pfalz, Germany

VinoVT Rating: 9.1 (10)

Grape: Gewurztraminer

Info:

Comment: Beautiful example of a Gewürztraminer with slight stone fruit and floral notes. Wonderfully balance with slight hints of spice and rose.
— 10 years ago

Kevin Russell

9.2

This brings you straight to its origin. Elegant and balanced. — 11 years ago

with Jen

Aaron Dornstreich

9.0

A beautiful ripeness without sacrificing it's origin. — 11 years ago

Doug Burress

Sales K&L Wines

10

Good-bye Triple Wood, hello old Friend. — 13 years ago

Rich Friedland

9.2

Melon and stone fruit nose. Lime and hints of grapefruit with a mild finish. Nice balance of oak to steel. — 10 years ago

Jeffrey Paul

9.1

Similar to champagne in production, but Italian in origin, nicely tart. — 10 years ago

Louis Steiner

9.0

Delectable identified this as originating in New York for some reason. This winery is in the Niagara region of Ontario, specifically Beamsville. — 11 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.0

Intriguing experimental white wine. Spain in origin with Portuguese and Spanish winemaking partnership. Mineral, almond, white blossoms and apple skin notes. Fresh on the palate ans sherry like in flavor without the bitterness from the flor of a Fino sherry. Tasted great the second evening matching the profile with a little more depth and freshness. #niepoort — 12 years ago