Pecorino I.G.T. Abruzzo 2025

Pecorino almost didn't make it: the ancient white grape native to the Abruzzo-Marche hills had fallen to fewer than 100 hectares by 2000 — the same years growers brought it back from the edge, Abruzzo's first varietal bottling arriving in the 1990s. Its name comes from pecora, the Italian word for sheep — shepherds driving their flocks between pastures are said to have let them graze on its sweet grapes along the way. Fattoria Teatina hand-harvests this organic, low-yield 2025 vintage for a crisp, aromatic white suited to seafood, fish, pasta, or a sharp Abruzzese cheese.