Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A complex and sophisticated wine that has a remarkable array of grilled lemons, hazelnuts and light honey notes. The palate has impressive composure. A terrific wine.
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Wine & Spirits
Grapes for this riserva are harvested from the estate’s higher-elevation vineyards and fermented in a combination of stainless steel and large oak casks. It’s deep gold and loaded with salty flavors of lemon, pineapple and guava. Notes of chamomile and mint give a pleasant herbal tint to 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.