Fattoria La Valentina
Abruzzo, ItalyFattoria La Valentina sits in the hills above Spoltore, just inland of Pescara, where the Di Properzio brothers have farmed the same Abruzzo terroirs since 1990. Three siblings consolidated full ownership in 1994 and built a portfolio around native Montepulciano, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo, Cerasuolo and Pecorino, with a single-vineyard Linea Terroir that turned the estate into a regular fixture in James Suckling, Wine Spectator and Vinous reports.
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- Est. 1990
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About Fattoria La Valentina
The estate began in 1990 in the comune of Spoltore, on the colline behind Pescara. Sabatino, Roberto and Andrea Di Properzio bought the company outright in 1994 and have run it together ever since, framing the project around the native grapes of Abruzzo and the DOC denominations the region had not yet pushed to the level Tuscany or Piedmont enjoyed.
Early work centred on the Santa Teresa vineyard, where 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 managed under ICEA-certified organic protocols, others under reduced-input traditional farming, all hand-harvested with strict exclusion of herbicides, desiccants and modified vines. New plantings come from massale selection rather than commercial clones, and cover crops keep the soils alive between rows.
Two house ranges anchor the portfolio. Linea Classica covers the Abruzzo DOC trio of Montepulciano, Trebbiano and Cerasuolo, with the latter two now bottled as biologico. Linea Terroir steps up to single-vineyard work: Bellovedere and Spelt Riserva for Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Spelt 'Oro' for Trebbiano d'Abruzzo and Spelt Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Superiore for the white and rosato side, plus a Pecorino Terre d'Abruzzo IGT. Docheio, vinified in amphora, sits at the experimental edge of the same range. Binomio runs alongside as a separate Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva that critics often pair 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, with Decanter recognising the estate at the 2021 World Wine Awards. The cellar runs without forced concentration or aggressive filtration, and total SO2 is capped at 80 mg/l across the entire production, a tighter ceiling than the legal limit for Abruzzo DOC reds.
Energy on site is solar-sourced from the estate's own installation, and the winery is a member of Le Famiglie del Vino, the Italian wine families' association that groups multi-generational independent estates. The Di Properzio model, three brothers running an estate of meaningful scale without selling out to a larger group, is part of why La Valentina now reads as one of the steadier reference points for what well-made, mid-priced Abruzzo can look like.
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Plate I · ABRUZZO
Fattoria La Valentina on the Abruzzo wine atlas
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, in the Terre dei Vestini subzone of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.
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