Having just come back from a week in Abruzzo full of enthusiasm for the local wines, it’s disappointing to find how many have proved to be unavailable in the UK. It seems we see the region only as a source of bargain-basement drinking: both its best known wines, trebbiano and montepulciano d’Abruzzo (not to be confused with Tuscany’s vino nobile di Montepulciano), can regularly be found for less than £5.
While Tesco’s Vista Castelli Trebbiano d’Abruzzo (11.5%) is by no means bad, especially at £4, I wouldn’t concur with the company’s tasting note that suggests it has “wonderful ageing potential”. Until Christmas, maybe, and only then at a pinch.
