Tiberio

Cristiana and Antonio Tiberio have had a brisk rise to superstardom, but careful study and decades of patient work lie behind the evolution of the family’s estate. Tiberio was established in 2000 near the town of Cugnoli, inspired by a very old vineyard of the highest quality, yet rare, type of Trebbiano, Trebbiano Abruzzese. The vines were 70 years old and practically dead at the time, yet team Tiberio coaxed them back to health. Today, that vineyard produces one of Italy’s finest white wines, Fonte Canale. It is a chiseled, crystalline wine with an immense capacity to age. It is also produced without oak making it the best representation of Trebbiano Abruzzese that there is. As well as their mastery of this special cultivar, Tiberio is recognised as “…the undisputed quality leader when it comes to making Pecorino…” while their four Montepulciano wines are amongst the finest anywhere.

Tiberio only produces wines from massale selected vines of local genetics found in their specific sub-zone of Pescara province and Cristiana, a trained chemist, is deeply passionate about the hyper-local, attributing the success of her wines to years of careful observation, discovering the distinctive characteristics of their site, vines and environment. The results of this work are spectacular: deeply thoughtful and precisely made wines, crafted from carefully tended sites, and intended to preserve heritage and essence of their place. 

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