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Spoleto DOC

A white-only DOC created to give Trebbiano Spoletino a home. This grape has nothing to do with the bland Trebbiano Toscano: from old vines trained up trees it makes a structured, savory white with citrus peel, apricot, wild herbs, saline minerality and high acidity, and it takes to skin contact and oak aging well. The Montefalco producers (Antonelli, Tabarrini, Bea, Perticaia) have led the revival and several bottle it under the Spoleto DOC. It's one of the most exciting whites to emerge in central Italy in the last 15 years.

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Antonelli San Marco
Spoleto Trebbiano Spoletino
Vias import; citrus peel, sage and a saline, high-acid finish, a clean introduction to the grape.
$18 to $24Wine-Searcher
Tabarrini
Spoleto Trebbiano Spoletino Adarmando
The benchmark: old-vine fruit, long lees aging, apricot, beeswax and a dense, savory texture that ages a decade.
$30 to $40Wine-Searcher
Perticaia
Spoleto Trebbiano Spoletino
Fresh stainless steel version with lemon, herbs and a chalky finish; scattered US listings.
$16 to $22Wine-Searcher