Winemaker Notes
Straw yellow with green reflections. Intense nose with complex fruity, flowery, and chlorophyll notes. Well structured, fresh, and persistent, ending with almond notes.
Serve with fish hors d'oeuvres, pasta dishes with seafood, or white meat.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Things start to get very interesting as well move back in time during this mini vertical tasting. The Bisci 2015 Verdicchio di Matelica Vigneto Fogliano is showing beautifully right now. It starts with a slightly darker hue of gold and has certainly taken on more volume and depth thanks to bottle age. There is pretty richness here with dried apple, apricot, ginger chips and papaya. There is a hint of saffron spice as well. This vintage also appears to offer subtle softness and sweetness.
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Wine & Spirits
From a vineyard planted in 1978, this tightly structured verdicchio shows impressive depth, offering flavors of fleshy nectarine and citrus edged with a pleasantly bitter raw-almond note. Mouthwatering acidity keeps those hefty flavors aloft and refreshing.
Italian White Wine
The rolling hills and endless coastlines of Italy deliver a unique diversity of soils and climate to foster a number of regional specialties. With a multitude of indigenous varieties that thrive exclusively here, the selection of white wines offers a range of styles and flavors.
The most well-known white variety in Italy is of course Pinot Grigio. Typically found in the northern Italian regions, the light, fresh and easy-drinking options can be found in the Veneto region, while the richer, more complex styles come from Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige. These two northeast regions are also crafting delicions Pinot Bianco and a regional specialty, Friulano.
In Piedmont, two white regions shine. The crisp and zippy Gavi, made with a Cortese grape, and Arneis, a variety that produces a subtle by dry wine. In the Veneto, the Garganegna grape creates the wine of Soave, a zesty but medium-bodied wine full of rich stone fruit and floral notes.
Further south, you'll find the pretty and floral Falenghina, rich and tropical Grillo and zesty Greco. Head to Sicily to discover the delicious and complex Etna Biancos, made with the Carricante grape in the island's volcanic soils.
If you enjoy a tangy but textured white wine with seafood, head to Sardinia and try out the Vermentino there. The grape is also found in other Italian provinces and is always a delight.