2018 Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Fonte Canale
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Dried herbs mingle on the nose with more hedonistic fruit – peach and green mango,, with real weight to the fruit here. There’s still the bite of piercing lemon acidity, surrounded by fleshier peach fruit.
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Eric Guido, Vinous
Eric Guido, Vinous
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The 2018 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Fonte Canale is a bit moody in the glass today, yet I've witnessed this evolution before. The nose slawly blossoms with dried apricots, peaches, lemony custard, mint and crushed. rocks. Upan entry, it takes an a lovely inner sweetness yet quickly firms up with a mineral concentration. Hazelnut nuances add further savory depths. Granny Smith apple mixes with saline-infused acidity as the 2018 finishes long and zesty in character. A sour lime tinge keeps the palate aching for more
You could lose yourself in the bouquet of the 2018 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Fonte Canale. Lemon confit and exotic sweet florals gain further depths through notes of dried apricot, flint and crushed limestone. This enters the palate silky and pliant, yet it firms up quickly, becoming more angular, as salty acids and minerals saturate, giving way to hints of young mango and sour melon. An almondy richness resonates through the long and tension-filled finale, with tart orchard fruits lingering incredibly long. Wow. The 2018 is a wonderfully complete and harmonious vintage of Fonte Canale that will enjoy a long and open drinking window. At the time of tasting, this was transporting me to Puligny-Montrachet.
About the producer
Tiberio is one of Italy’s most exciting names. Cristiana Tiberio is at the helm of this Abruzzo estate today, which was founded by her father Riccardo. Known in particular for its old-vine Trebbiano Abruzzese, Tiberio now sits alongside Valentini and Emidio Pepe as a leading light of the region.