GUARANTEED BEST PROVENANCE: DIRECTLY IMPORTED FROM ITALY BY AIR AND STOCKED IN CALIFORNIA Francesco Paolo Valentini continues his enigmatic father Edoardo's famously secretive winemaking traditions with this delicious 2012 vintage made from the Trebbiano Abruzzese grape. Valentini's 2012 vintage is gorgeous, with a wild and rich nose of citrus fruits, lemon oil, acacia flowers and wild mushrooms. On the palate there's ripe apricots and bosc pears, a touch of lemon pith, verbena flowers and a medium acidity that gives the wine energy. Delicious.
Seth Morgen Long
Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long
Wooly, waxen, funky in the best ways, slight peeking of volatility which isn’t off-putting in the least, the savory and mineral aromatics and flavors are sitting in a nice place. Feels ready to drink and not mature at all.
Wooly, waxen, funky in the best ways, slight peeking of volatility which isn’t off-putting in the least, the savory and mineral aromatics and flavors are sitting in a nice place. Feels ready to drink and not mature at all.
9.3Ty Richchouyrod
So Fresh and so beautiful
So Fresh and so beautiful
9.4Jonathan Gray
A baby. So strange. Smelled like fresh espresso beans and flowers and white fruit plus a myriad of other crazy shit. Far out wine. Very structured and seems age worthy. I get the hype
A baby. So strange. Smelled like fresh espresso beans and flowers and white fruit plus a myriad of other crazy shit. Far out wine. Very structured and seems age worthy. I get the hype
9.5Ceccherini Cristiano
Vibrant with flesh, hard to wait for what it could become. Too good!!
Vibrant with flesh, hard to wait for what it could become. Too good!!
9.7Michael L S
A great wine. Super acidity, citrus, and a complex, more rounded finish, which lingers for some time.
A great wine. Super acidity, citrus, and a complex, more rounded finish, which lingers for some time.
Steven Heydemann
Delish. White floral notes, grass, honey and almond there, too, with some saline edge on the finish. Cork was totally saturated, though the wine is still pretty young. But I think it was overfill, not seepage.
Delish. White floral notes, grass, honey and almond there, too, with some saline edge on the finish. Cork was totally saturated, though the wine is still pretty young. But I think it was overfill, not seepage.
9.3Ron Siegel
Italian wine dinner 3 decades. White flight: Groups favorite was the Valentini. Gravner 1998 Kante 2005
Italian wine dinner 3 decades. White flight: Groups favorite was the Valentini. Gravner 1998 Kante 2005
9.2Michal Rosenn
no words necessary
no words necessary
9.5Steve Pollack
Tight as a drum. Try again in 5 years.
Tight as a drum. Try again in 5 years.
9.2Raj Harb
Herbaceous with orchard fruit notes. Not quite the same concentration and length as the 2010. 1/3 corkage at chilmark tavern
Herbaceous with orchard fruit notes. Not quite the same concentration and length as the 2010. 1/3 corkage at chilmark tavern
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