COLLE CORVIANO
pescara - Abruzzo
Forget the cheap cooperative stuff and get amongst this offering instead. Based in Loreto Aprutino, Pescara, this family run winery is producing extremely high quality, super affordable gems. Their vineyards are composed of stoney limestone situated between 300-350 metres, halfway between the mountains and the Adriatic. For proprietors Antonella and Rodrigo sustainability is all encompassing; sustainable certification through SNQPI, power is from wind farms, irrigation is banned and organic compost utilised in the vineyards.
The Pinot Grigio is sourced from select vineyards east of Verona and has texture and flavour uncommon for the money. Both reds are from vineyards at 300m altitude and are aged for some months in very large (34hL) French oak casks. The Sangiovese is juicy and expressive, while the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is definitive of place and variety. Impeccable.
THE WINES
Colle Corviano Pinot Grigio Colline Pescaresi IGP
This white is estate grown and the antithesis of 'battery acid' industrial Grigio. It is generous with ripe apple and floral notes with a medium body and a fine fresh finish.
Colle Corviano Chardonnay Colline Pescaresi IGT
Incredible for the money, this Chardonnay is exquisite. It melds freshness and purity with sneaky texture into a medium bodied kiwi and melon fruited white wine for top-line everyday drinking.
Colle Corviano Trebbiano D’Abruzzo DOC
The local Trebbiano in Abruzzo is the backbone of a few of Italy's greatest white wines (Tiberio and Valentini) and shines here. The wine is fresh, racy and light with tangerine, citrus flower and a lovely pithy texture of mineral and delicate extract. It delivers so much class and character that is very difficult to find in Italian wine at this price.
Colle Corviano Pecorino Colline Pescaresi IGP
The team from Colle Corviano have done it again - What a stunner of a wine! Elegant, supple, fresh, and beautifully structured, showing tons of pineapple, grapefruit pith, citrus blossom, and a nougat-like richness through the mid palate before it finishes long, zippy, and mineral.
Colle Corviano Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo DOC
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo is the appellation for the pink wine of Abruzzo. It is made with 100% Montepulciano which throws a beautiful cherry colour and delivers good structure - fertile ground for chilled red wine drinkers. Colle Corviano's shows bright aromas of strawberry and pomegranate, dotted with zesty accents of blood orange. This brisk, tasty rosato is medium-bodied and excellent value.
Colle Corviano Sangiovese Terre di Chieti IGP
This is our ultimate lunch wine - pretty, lifted, lightly structured and low on the booze, it has a different face to the Tuscan examples of this grape.
Colle Corviano Montepulciano D’Abruzzo DOC (1.5l Magnums available)
Aged for 6 months in large French oak, this wine has intensity and is loaded with spice (clove stands out this vintage) and layers of dark fruit and dark chocolate. A beautiful, high quality offering year in, year out.
FURTHER READING
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