2023 Praesidium "Luci" Trebbiano d'Abruzzo

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The 2023 Praesidium "Luci" Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Superiore (DOC) is a monumental, raw, and unapologetically wild white wine that offers an absolute masterclass in the profound phenotypic gravity of authentic, mountain-born Trebbiano Abruzzese. The Pasquale family crafts this rare, small-production gem in the rugged, wind-swept Peligna Valley around Prezza—an isolated, high-altitude interior enclave far removed from the softer coastal plains. Perched roughly 400 meters above sea level beneath the towering Apennine peaks, these certified organic, old vines struggle through a highly stony, skeletal matrix of calcareous clay, enduring dramatic alpine diurnal shifts that instill a fiercely vertical, savory energy into the 2023 vintage.