The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy by Ian D'Agata

Author:Ian D'Agata
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

52* Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi * “Collestefano”

COLLESTEFANO • 90/100 • MARCHE

Fabio Marchionni is a bright star in the firmament of fine Italian wine producers, and this Verdicchio is a fantastic white wine, and has been for some years. It really is a feather in Fabio’s cap, too: before he entered the family business, his family used to sell the grapes and work with the local cooperative. Fabio had other goals, and stints in Alsatian and German wineries helped him decide which way to take his abilities. He makes only one wine, but it’s a gem. Made with organically grown grapes from the vineyards surrounding the house and winery, his Verdicchio di Matelica has an incredibly intense and pure nose redolent of white flowers, citrus, and mineral, and the mineral gains prevalence with time and bottle age. In the mouth the wine is extremely fresh and light, yet it has a wonderful creamy texture and pure flavors that range from green apple to pear, from tangerine to almonds. Extremely long, with a focused finish and a luscious ripe fruit yet mineral edge, it leaves the mouth feeling fresh and lively. This deceptively lean yet powerful, multilayered wine can be drunk now or held for three to four years and then enjoyed for another four or five after that.

THE WINE

Grape varieties: verdicchio (100%); Number of bottles: 60,000; Alcohol: 13.5; Retail price: $13–15; Try it with: mushroom omelette; pan-roasted scallops; Imported by: Selected Estates of Europe (www.selectedestates.com); Past great vintages: 2001, 2006

THE PRODUCER: AZ. COLLESTEFANO

Address: Loc. colle Stefano 3, 62022 Castelraimondo (Macerata); Tel/fax: 0737 640439/0737 640439; E-mail: [email protected]; Web: www.collestefano.com; Total bottles: 60,000; Total ha: 10; Tasting room: yes; Visit: by appointment; Highway exit: Porto Recanati (A14)

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