Valle Reale

Words of Giulia Migliorati

It started in 1999, founded by our owner Leonardo Pizzolo. He came here from Verona, so he’s from the north of Italy, and he came down here to found his own winery from an ancient vineyard that his family had already owned for a few years. He had this vineyard and he wanted to start his own business. So, he did this first vineyard in the year 2000, and by always following a path of quality and respect for terroir and organic and biodynamic viticulture and wild yeast. So, of course, during these years we see a development in the winery and in the quality of our products and in our philosophy. But, always in the respect of quality and terroir, which is for sure our main focus, forever. 

We only work with native grapes; Trebbiano for white wine and Montepulciano for red and rosé wine. And since the year 2007, only with spontaneous fermentation. So, all our wines are fermented with wild yeast. So we produce a lot of single vineyard wines, and only from one parcel, then we harvest the parcel all together, and from that parcel we produce only one wine, that carries the name of the parcel. For example, the name of the parcel is named after a location, the name of that place, and the wine will have the same name.

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Valle Reale Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2022

The organic Montepulciano grapes that produce this wine are sourced from two separate vineyards: Popoli and Capestrano. Bright ruby-red in color, this youthful red offers explosive aromas of blueberries, cherries, licorice, and sweet spices. On the palate, it is medium-bodied with plentiful acidity and a pleasant finish.

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In 1998 the Pizzolo family restored an old vineyard in the rural hills of Abruzzo. The vineyard was nestled in a valley surrounded by the mountains, located in the green heart of Abruzzo. Valle Reale’s vineyards are situated inside one of Italy’s most beautiful national parks. The vineyards have thin, rocky soils rich in limestone, with a light base of clay and sand. 

The proximity to the Gran Sasso mountain range, and the altitude of the estate itself, create wide fluctuations in temperature between day and night.
Valle Reale practices organic viticulture and non-interventionist winemaking. Their wines have a rustic elegance to them that reflects the mountainous regions of Abruzzo where they originate. Eric Asimov, writing on Montepulciano d’Abruzzo in his New York Times Wine School, praised the Valle Reale Montepulciano as “lively and fresh, with earthy flavors of dark fruits.”

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