Valentini Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006, Cerasuolo 2008, Trebbiano 2008 3-Pack (Abruzzo, Italy)

This three-pack features the 2006 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, the only vintage produced since 2002 and the last made before Edoardo’s passing. All three wines featured won Gambero Rosso’s coveted Tre Bicchieri award in the 2011 Vini d’Italia guide. This is a once-a-decade opportunity to purchase three of Italy’s best and rarest wines.

Edoardo Valentini produced wine for sale from the 1956 vintage until his death at age 72 in 2006. During that half-century he became widely regarded as Abruzzo’s greatest winemaker. His renown among fans of fine Italian wines grew as bottles of his Montepulciano, Cerasuolo and Trebbiano found their way onto tables and into tastings all over the world. His unique approach to handling vines that were thought inferior by many in the wine community combined with his eccentric personality caused his legend to grow but it was the excellence in bottle that really solidified his reputation as one of Italy’s great craftsmen of natural wines.