GRAPES
Verdicchio 100%.

AREA OF ORIGIN
Serra de’ Conti municipality, within the “Classico” area of the Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi appellation.

SOIL PROFILE
Medium texture, fresh, sandy and mineral. T

RAINING SYSTEM
Guyot Espalier

HARVEST
The selected grapes are hand-picked in 3 different periods of the same vintage (early, regular and late harvest) and carried to the cellars in very small baskets to avoid any grape damages.

VINIFICATION
The grapes are softly pressed, must clarification by cold settling. The early harvested grapes (50% of the wine) undergo the fermentation in small barrels, the regular harvested (25%) and late harvested grapes (25%) are fermented separately in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 16°C. Right after the 3 parts are blended together in stainless steel where they stay for one year, followed by a minimum bottle refinement of 6 months.

TASTING NOTES:

COLOUR
Pale straw yellow with green hues.  

BOUQUET
A pronounced aromatic note of  freshness, and persistent hints of citrus, white flowers, white fruit and aromatic herbs.  Taste: Very elegant, full body and complex yet fresh and mineral. Long savory finish.

SHELF LIFE
10-15 years.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS
It matches perfectly with any important dish of seafood and shellfish, crustaceans and crudités, pasta dishes with aromatic herbs,  mushrooms and truffles, with semi-mature cheeses.

SERVING TEMPERATURE
12 °C.