La Valentina Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is an excellent example of the Abruzzo region’s most characteristic wine—a hearty red wine made from 100% Montepulciano grapes. This is the red entry in La Valentina’s Classica line, which showcases the traditional wines of Abruzzo at their best.

The Spelt Montepulciano d’Abruzzo represents a fuller-bodied version of this traditional wine compared with La Valentina’s Montepulciano d’Abruzzo in the Classica line. It is made with the first selection of Montepulciano grapes from the vineyards. In addition, all of the wine for Spelt is aged in wood, for a total of 18 months. The result is a more robust and complex wine. The name Spelt refers to a type of wheat (faro in Italian) that once grew where the La Valentina winery and village of Spoltore (whose name itself derives from spelt) are now located.

La Valentina’s Bellovedere is the winery’s highest expression of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. It is a single-vineyard wine from the subzone of Terre dei Vestini, in the rolling hills near the Abruzzo coast and the city of Pescara. The Bellovedere is intended to demonstrate the great possibilities of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, and as such the wine is produced only in the years with great weather conditions and fully mature grapes. The Bellovedere vineyard takes its name from a park in the center of Spoltore with a view of the vineyards and the ridgeline of the Gran Sasso peaks behind, as shown on the label.

The Docheío project emerged after years of experimentation by the winery with various vessels for fermentation and aging. Drawing on extensive knowledge from winemaker Luca d’Attoma, a decision was made to use the handmade terracotta amphorae from Impruneta, a small village just outside Florence, for the Docheío Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Made from 100% organic Montepulciano grapes sourced from a 7-hectare vineyard in San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore, the fermentation and aging occur in these unique terracotta amphorae. These doxeío, Greek for container, are 100% sustainable, handcrafted from 90% earthenware and 10% water. The wine is fermented using 50% whole clusters, aged for 6 months in amphora and 15 months in the bottle.

Pecorino is one of the most exciting native white grape varieties to have been "rediscovered" in Italy in recent years and Abruzzo is the source for many of the best. La Valentina’s Pecorino is a delicious white wine made from 100% Pecorino from the Colline Pescaresi (hills of Pescara). A bit of aging on the lees adds complexity and weight to this wine.  The name Pecorino is derived from Uve delle Pecora, a reference to the sheepherders who ate the grapes while accompanying their flocks across the hills and valleys of Abruzzo and the Marche.  

Trebbiano is a white grape variety planted throughout Italy but is most famous in the region of Abruzzo. Trebbiano d'Abruzzo is known for its crisp acidity and is often made in a light-bodied, easy-drinking style. With "Spelt" Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC Superiore La Valentina is hoping to enhance the typicity of this classic Abruzzo white wine, while offering something more complex. Made from 100% Trebbiano from three hectares of 30 year-old-vines located on the estate in Spoltore. Fermented in stainless steel, the wine spends four months on the lees, with a year of aging in concrete tanks. Bottled 15 months after the harvest, unfiltered and unfined.

The white entry in La Valentina’s Classica line is this Trebbiano d’Abruzzo, made from mostly Trebbiano Abruzzese grapes—a superior type of Trebbiano.

La Valentina Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo is a versatile rosé wine made from the same grapes as the winery’s Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Shortly after the grapes begin their cold maceration, a portion of the juice—at this point, only lightly colored—is drawn off to be fermented like a white wine. Abruzzo is recognized as one of Italy’s best sources for rosato wine, or cerasuolo as it is known in this region. Being made from 100% Montepulciano grapes, this rosé entry in La Valentina’s Classica line has more body than the usual rosé, allowing it to pair well with a wide range of foods.