Emidio Pepe Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Vecchie Vigne 2020, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
Emidio Pepe, natural wine producer, in the vineyard in Abruzzo, Italy
Emidio Pepe

Emidio Pepe Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Vecchie Vigne 2020

$164.00
Tasting notes

The Vecchie Vigne 2020 is a Trebbiano d'Abruzzo made without any wood, showing ripe yellow fruit alongside crystalline acidity and a long finish. Producer notes describe Trebbiano d'Abruzzo as having an elegant and austere expression when young with great minerality, gaining complexity, volume, and depth with age. The estate's white wines are slightly golden-hued with hints of nuts, hay, and yellow fruits. More info

  • Organic
  • Biodynamic
  • Unfiltered
BodyFruitTanninAcidity
LemonStone FruitHoneyHay
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:White Wine
Wine Style:Medium Body
Grapes:Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
Farming:Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:2020
Alcohol:12.5%
Country:Italy
Region:Abruzzo
Appellation:Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Emidio Pepe Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Vecchie Vigne 2020
$164.00

Producer profile

Emidio Pepe

Emidio Pepe founded the winery in 1964 after working with his father and grandfather, who were making wine at Casa Pepe by 1889. He began with one hectare in Torano Nuovo, in Teramo province, and the estate now farms 17 hectares. Sofia and Daniela Pepe have run the family business since 1997, while Chiara De Iulis Pepe, who studied viticulture and oenology in Burgundy, has handled winemaking since the 2020 vintage. Trebbiano production is listed at 25,000 bottles, and the cellar holds more than 350,000 bottles.

Pepe followed organic practices from the beginning and began the transition to biodynamics in 2005; Demeter certification was granted in 2006. The vineyards lie in Torano Nuovo within the Colline Teramane, with clay over solid limestone and an estate planting system that includes pergola and rows. The Trebbiano old-vine parcel used for this selection, Donatella, was planted in 1988, while the estate's general Trebbiano sheet gives 1,000 vines per hectare and a 30-year average vine age. The farm uses spontaneous vegetation, cover crops, biodynamic preparations, hand harvest, and no synthetic chemicals.

White grapes are processed in 350-kilogram wooden vats and then pressed in a vertical press. The winery's varnished concrete vats date to the 1985 vintage and provide neutral fermentation and aging vessels. No oak is used in the winemaking process, while bottle aging is central to the estate's release system. The current cellar practice delays decanting until wines have spent 20 years in bottle.

Wine region

Abruzzo, Italy

Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC spans the hilly coastal and piedmont belt of Abruzzo, with the area extending inland toward Alto Tirino, Valle Subequana, Valle Peligna, and Valle Roveto. The vineyards sit between the Adriatic Sea and the Apennine massifs of Gran Sasso and Maiella. Regional vineyard soils include clay, calcareous clay, marl, limestone, sandstone, and alluvial deposits carried from the mountains. The DOC rules place vineyards generally below 500 metres, with an exception to 600 metres for south-facing sites. The sea moderates the coastal hills, while mountain air and ventilation create marked day-night temperature differences. These conditions support dry whites with fruit, floral notes, acidity, and, with age, mineral and almond-toned characters.

Trebbiano d'Abruzzo was established as a DOC by decree dated June 28, 1972, published August 25, 1972. The base wine requires at least 85% Trebbiano Abruzzese and/or Trebbiano Toscano, with other non-aromatic white grapes allowed up to 15%. The appellation has three main quality levels, base, Superiore, and Riserva, plus the subzones Terre di Chieti, Terre Aquilane or Terre de L'Aquila, Colline Pescaresi, and Colline Teramane. Subzone Superiore and Riserva wines require at least 90% Trebbiano, while Terre di Chieti specifies minimum aging of 5 months for Superiore and 12 months for Riserva. Updated rules also provide for additional geographic units, including UGA and Vigna mentions. Emidio Pepe's 2020 Vecchie Vigne is a Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC wine from Torano Nuovo.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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