Winemaker Notes
This wine is a deep straw yellow. It has a pleasingly fruity and persistent bouquet with notes of Golden Delicious apples and almonds. On the palate, it has a good body and is well-balanced, elegant, and refined with a silky texture and distinct finesse. It is an ideal aperitif and pairs well with pasta, fish risotto, white meat, and mild or fresh cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A very almondy wine with a lot of leesy character and Mirabelle-plum fruit definition. On the palate, it shows weight and silkiness with crisp acidity and a quite extracted, almost tannic and austere finish. Drink or hold.
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Wine Spectator
This sleek white shows drive and energy, offering a salty underpinning layered with flavors of tangerine and raspberry fruit, blanched almond and lemon thyme. Refreshing. Drink now. 8,333 cases made, 2,000 cases imported.
One of central Italy’s classic white grapes, Verdicchio thrives in two distinct zones of the Marche. The best vineyards of Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi adorn hillsides a mere 20 miles from the Adriatic Sea. The vineyards of the smaller, more inland Verdicchio di Matelica, are at higher elevation. Somm Secret—Recent genetic discoveries have proven that the Verdicchio grape is identical to Trebbiano di Soave, Trebbiano di Lugana and Trebbiano Veltenesi.
Stretching along Italy’s eastern coast with neighbors, Umbria to its west and Abruzzo to its south, Marche is a region with a varying climate from north to south. Its coastal plains roll into hills that become the Apennine Mountains, which run the length of the country. The Marche's best red wines come from the grapes, Montepulciano and Sangiovese; the local Verdicchio makes refreshing, crisp and light whites.