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“It is the wine that par excellence represents the attachment to tradition: in ancient times Trebbiano Spoletino was produced only in this way and we have re-proposed it with enthusiasm and extreme happiness also to remember our grandfather who called it” my ribollito “” Annalisa Mattioli
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“Drinking it, for us, means renewing our identity every time” Annalisa Mattioli
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Trebbiano Spoletino is a native Umbrian vine rediscovered in recent years, it is a grape historically present in the area of Spoleto, Trevi and Montefalco, which vines were trained in trees, married to elm or maple trees. The so-called “married vine” or “married” is an ancient cultivation method dating back to the Etruscans, which uses plants as guides, leaving the vine free expression of vigor. This type of cultivation is the daughter of an agriculture in which several crops coexisted, defining a rural landscape that represented the face of the territory for centuries, until the second post-war period.
Since the sixties, the progressive agricultural mechanization has radically changed the face of the countryside, the “married vines” have been replaced by extensive cultivations. Today the few plants of married vine represent the real testimony of the archeology of the vine.
Until a few years ago there were very few producers of Trebbiano Spoletino, today almost all producers in the area have invested in this vine, producing at least one label. The hectares of vines therefore, although still few, are constantly growing.
The name Trebbiano can be confusing, the Trebbiano Spoletino, in fact, differs from the Tuscan Trebbiano, the Trebbiano di Soave or the Abruzzese Trebbiano, being a grape that produces fresh and elegant wines, with fruity notes, tropical hints and a good expressive complexity.
It is a late vine, which even at full phenolic maturity retains a high acidity and it is thanks to this characteristic that it is considered a very ductile vine, suitable for producing sparkling wines, still, macerated and passito wines. Its extraordinary versatility leaves room for multiple stylistic interpretations that make it extremely fascinating. It is a wine that shuns standardization, revealing a surprising new facet each time. It also has an excellent aging capacity, with interesting olfactory evolutions that can also lead to notes of hydrocarbon. In addition to the natural flexibility of the vine, it is necessary to consider the fact that many wineries are in an experimentation phase, struggling with the first vinifications. This multiplicity is a source of expressive richness, on which to build the future of this wine with a way to go that is anything but unique and standardizing.
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