Passerina Abruzzo, Contesa 2023

White Wine from Italy - Central Italy -Tuscany, Umbria

3 Reviews

An unusual grape variety from Abruzzo in the east of Italy, creating a dry, refreshing, crisp white that has nectarine and orange notes on the nose and palate. A tangy finish makes this a very satisfying glass of white that is enjoyable on its own or with food.

£8.95 Bottle

£107.00 Case of 12

In Stock

Code: IT40261

Wine characteristics

White Wine
2 - Dry
Passerina
75cl
Now to 2025
12.5% Alcohol
no oak influence
Cork, plastic

Vegetarian
Vegan

Vigna Corvino

Rocco Pasetti is one of the most dynamic and talented producers we know and a great champion of wines of the Abruzzo. He was for many years the chief winemaker of the Roxan cooperative and one of the reasons we chose their Montepulciano as a Society wine.

More recently he bought his own estate, Vigna Corvino, with 30 hectares outside Pescara, planted with montepulciano and the local white grape pecorino. He also created his own model winery in the centre of the vines. These are planted on gentle hills between the Appennini mountains and the Adriatic sea – at 250 metres above sea level – with moderate rainfall and clay soils, which produce fragrant, rich wines. Rocco has abandoned weed killers and pesticides in favour of more natural methods.

The cellar was completed in 2004 and is carved into the hillside. As well as temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks, the winery boasts a barrel room filled with Slavonian oak barrels.

Rocco, his wife Patrizia, sons Franco and Ugo and daughter Perla have frequently visited and met members at our Italian tastings. Contesa means ‘quarrel’ in Italian and is a nod back to Rocco’s winemaking great grandfather, who fought a hard battle with a local landowner to preserve his own vineyards back in 1903.