Trebbiano dAbruzzo Emidio Pepe 2022

Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Emidio Pepe 2022 biodynamic wine, very low sulphits, fermentation and maturation in cement taks, no oak.  There is a stunning mineral purity and developing complexity, to the Trebbiano wines from Emidio Pepe.  It is beautifully full but super duper fresh in youth.  You know it is going to develop in complexity in years to come. This is biodynamic production all the way and generally no addition of sulphur. This Iconic winery always makes beguiling wines that are a real experience to drink. With age these bottles become a sublime nectar which taste expensive and are expensive!

The great wines of Emidio Pepe have become iconic on the international market; older vintages sell for high prices and are highly sort after.

You might say 'rightly so' when you consider the labour of love that has gone into every bottle. The organic grapes are handpicked, sorted and every one pressed by foot, a practice that is very rare nowadays but still produces the softest pressing. The must is then fermented with natural yeast in large cement tanks and aged in cement for 2 years, settling naturally without the addition of sulphur. Emidio Pepe wines are then bottled and sent for ageing in the cellar. They store an incredible 40 vintages in their stunning cellar just outside Torano Nuovo in northern Abruzzo not far from the Marche border. When a bottle is sold, it is lovingly decanted into a fresh bottle by hand (hence there is no need for fining nor filtration), Emidio Pepe wines are all corked by hand and then labelled by hand! Only very rarely is any sulphur used in the production of Pepe wines and yet such is the perfection of natural balance that they age for decades.