Masciarelli Castello di Semivicoli Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 2018

Cellar for up to 5 years. Serve chilled.

Masciarelli is today one of Abruzzo’s benchmark wineries for premium wines thanks to the visionary work of founder Gianni Masciarelli. Gianni spent a summer in Champagne in his youth and soon realised that his native Abruzzo also had the potential to make top quality wines rather than the mass-produced wines that were the norm at that time. Before long he founded his own winery in 1981 with just 5 acres of land set around his grandfather’s old house.

Over the next few decades Gianni exceeded even his own expectations, growing the estate to 900 acres and winning a total of 29 prestigious Tre Bicchieri awards for his exceptional wines. Although he sadly passed away in 2008, the Masciarelli legacy continues to this day with his wife Marina and oldest daughter Miriam at the helm of the winery.

This elegant white wine is named after the magnificent Castello di Semivicoli which towers over the vineyards in Casacanditella. The grapes are carefully harvested in mid-October at optimum ripeness with a short maceration on the skins to extract plenty of aromas and flavours. The must then ferments in stainless steel tanks and the young wine matures in the bottle for 12 months. This helps to highlight the luscious bright fruit character with notes of papaya, apple, quince and lime as well as plenty of freshness and vibrancy on the palate.