Winemaker Notes
This wine displays a bright straw-yellow color with greenish reflections. The nose is clean and fresh, revealing a complex bouquet of white flowers, stone fruit, citrus, and aromatic herbs. On the palate, it is structured and vibrant, with refreshing acidity, pronounced minerality, and persistent flavors, complemented by the typical almond finish of the Verdicchio grape. It pairs beautifully with vegetable or seafood starters, mushrooms, beef or salmon carpaccio, white-sauce pasta or risotto, grilled fish, and white meats.
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Tasting Panel
Limestone and clay soils impart a crisp and salty character with notes of lemon zest, pineapple, and tart green apple. The acidity is certainly high-toned, adding a zing to the herbaceousness on the finish.
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.