La Valentina is a young winery. The estate makes richly flavored, modern-styled wines under the guidance of oenologist Luca dAttoma, who is one of the best 10 oenologists in the world. These delicious wines are sure to find many fans. As the new releases from La Valentina are among the most impressive world wines. The wines are made from low yields, see long maceration times on the skins lasting several weeks and are bottled unfiltered, resulting in very pure expressions of Montepulciano and this unique terroirs. One of the most important achievements of La Valentina is
crafting quality Montepulciano reds. In the nearest past, Montepulciano reds were often over-cropped and rustic, made mostly for the jugwine market. La Valentina was one of the producers that were interested in Montepulciano (4-hectare vineyard (nearly 10 acres)). 
The vineyard is located high in the hills that border the Maiello National Park, about 25 miles inland from Pescara. The location ensures an impressive diurnal change in temperature during the growing season, with hot, sunny days and cool nights, important for full and even ripening of the grapes. The fact that the vines small bunches of grapes yielded less than half the crop of other Montepulciano vines made the site unattractive to the locals, but it was just what La Valentina were looking for. Rather than impose their methods on the grapes La Valentina is refining their winemaking to suit the terroir.Such wines as La Valentina 2005 Bellovedere, Inama & La Valentina 2005 Binomio, La Valentina 2003 Montepulciano d Abruzzo Spelt, La Valentina 2006 Montepulciano are highly appreciate all over the world.
La Valentina 2005 Bellovedere is a drop-dead gorgeous wine that achieves a rare level of brilliance in a combination of ripeness in a poised, mid-weight style of notable clarity that recalls a great Burgundy or Barolo. This sensual, elegant red flows with red cherries, sweat spices, tobacco and leather, showing superb delineation and balance. The finish is long, sweat and incredibly pure. La Valentina is aged partly in cask and partly in small French oak barrels.
Inama & La Valentina 2005 Binomio is a huge, super-ripe and sumptuous red that reveals an extreme yet varietally true expression of Montepulciano in its layers of jammy dark fruits, tobacco, chocolate, earthiness, minerals and French oak. A sensual core of fruit is wrapped around the barely perceptible tannins in this racy, full-throttle wine. The Binomio is aged in French oak barrels.
The La Valentina 2003 Montepulciano d Abruzzo Spelt is a dark, brooding monster endowed with masses of dark fruit, scorched earth, tar, smoke and licorice. A big, full-bodied red, the wine superb density in an incredibly appealing style. The Spelt is aged in a combination of casks and smaller French oak barrels.
You will have an awfully hard time findind the wine that delivers more bang for the buck than La Valentina 2006 Montepulciano. This deeply-colored wine ows from the glass with layers of dark red fruit in a generous, soft-textured style that makes it impossible to resist a second taste. This is a great effort especially for the money.
La Valentina is the member of committee "Grandi Cru D Italia" since February, 2007. The other members of the committee are Piero Antinori, Vittorio Frescobaldi, Tasca D Almerita, Marco Felluga and other outstanding Italy wineries.
