Est. 1990 
5 wines 
Walk-ins welcome 
Wine area
Inland Pescara and Peligna valleys
The inland valleys connect Montepulciano to altitude, limestone and cooler nights.
Fattoria La Valentina
Fattoria La Valentina sits in the hills above Spoltore, just inland of Pescara. The three Di Properzio brothers have farmed the same Abruzzo hills since 1990 and took full ownership in 1994. They built the range around native Montepulciano, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo, Cerasuolo and Pecorino. Everything is picked by hand, with no weedkillers, and some plots are certified organic. The single-vineyard Linea Terroir wines made the estate a regular fixture in James Suckling, Wine Spectator and Vinous reports. Power on site comes from the estate's own solar panels.
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Abruzzo
- Est. 1990
- 5 wines
- Walk-ins welcome
Wines from Fattoria La Valentina
About Fattoria La Valentina
The estate began in 1990 at Spoltore, in the hills behind Pescara. Sabatino, Roberto and Andrea Di Properzio bought the company outright in 1994 and have run it together ever since. They framed the project around Abruzzo's native grapes and its DOC wines. At the time the region had not yet pushed those to the level Tuscany or Piedmont enjoyed.
Early work centred on the Santa Teresa vineyard. There the brothers studied how Montepulciano, Trebbiano and Pecorino behaved without the heavy chemistry that once defined volume Abruzzo. The vineyards sit on Pescara hill country. Some are farmed under ICEA-certified organic rules. Others use traditional farming with reduced inputs. All are picked by hand, with a strict ban on herbicides, desiccants and modified vines. New plantings come from massale selection rather than commercial clones, and cover crops keep the soils alive between the rows.
Two house ranges anchor the list. Linea Classica covers the Abruzzo DOC trio of Montepulciano, Trebbiano and Cerasuolo, and the last two are now bottled as biologico. Linea Terroir steps up to single-vineyard work. Bellovedere and Spelt Riserva carry Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. The white and rosato side comes from the Spelt 'Oro' Trebbiano d'Abruzzo and the Spelt Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Superiore, plus a Pecorino Terre d'Abruzzo IGT. Docheio, made in amphora, sits at the experimental edge of the same range. Binomio runs alongside as a separate Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva. Critics often pair it with Bellovedere when comparing serious Abruzzo reds.
The wines hold a steady presence in international wine media. Bellovedere and Spelt have been reviewed across Vinous, James Suckling, Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast and Falstaff. Decanter recognised the estate at the 2021 World Wine Awards. The cellar runs without forced concentration or aggressive filtration. Total SO2 is capped at 80 mg/l across everything made here, a tighter cap than the legal limit for Abruzzo DOC reds.
Power on site comes from the estate's own solar installation. The winery is a member of Le Famiglie del Vino. That body groups independent Italian wine estates handed down the generations. The model here is simple: three brothers running an estate of real scale without selling out to a larger group. That is part of why La Valentina now reads as one of the steadier reference points for well-made, mid-priced Abruzzo.
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Fattoria La Valentina on the Abruzzo wine atlas
Winery
Fattoria La Valentina
Spoltore, Pescara · Inland Pescara and Peligna valleys
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Visit & Experiences
Experiences at Fattoria La Valentina
The estate lists nothing you can book online, and whether it receives visitors is not confirmed. Its phone number and email are in Practical info. A call is the reliable route here.
Group tours that travel the Abruzzo countrysideThese tours stop at other producers in the area. None of them includes a visit to Fattoria La Valentina.
Private Food and Wine Tour in the Cellar with Tastings
2 hours
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Winery Tour and Tasting in Abruzzo
2 hours
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Winery Tour and Wine Tasting in Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
1 hour 30 minutes
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What Fattoria La Valentina makes
Fattoria La Valentina's current bottle selection is led by Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC. The clearest grape signal comes from Montepulciano.
Common questions
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Fattoria La Valentina sits at Via Torretta 52 in Spoltore, in the hills just inland of Pescara, in Italy's Abruzzo region. The cellar is around 12 km from the Adriatic coast and 8 km from Pescara airport. It stands in the Terre dei Vestini zone of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.
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