6 BOTTLES X 75cl.

13.5% vol.
It is our most representative interpretation of Verdicchio in Matelica.
Notes of anise, cedar, and dried fruit, extremely powerful and rich in structure on the palate, very deep and long persistent.
The mineral finish, expression of the territory, makes it logically suitable for combinations with important fish dishes, but thanks to its structure it can be accompanied very well with sweet cheeses and white meats.

TYPE: Verdicchio di Matelica DOC
VARIETY: 100% Verdicchio
LOCATION: Municipality of Matelica, Contrada Monacesca
VINEYARD AREA: About 17 hectares
EXPOSURE: North - South
TYPE OF SOIL: Mainly clayey
TRAINING SYSTEM: Arched or overturned espalier
AGE OF THE PLANT: 50% thirty years - 50% 10 years
PLANT DENSITY: About 1800 - 2500 plants per hectare
PRODUCTION PER STRAIN: About 3 Kg.
PLANT ALTITUDE: About 400 m. s.l.m.
HARVEST PERIOD: First ten days of October
TYPE OF VINIFICATION: Manual harvest and immediate soft pressing of the grapes without the use of sulfur dioxide; fermentation in steel for about 12-15 days at a controlled temperature around 20 ° C; rest on the fine lees until the following spring, natural trigger of the malolactic fermentation in late spring, commercialization one year after the harvest.
CHARACTERISTICS: It is our most representative interpretation of Verdicchio in Matelica: it must have a minimum of evolution to be able to fully express its potential and to be consequently appreciated as a wine of considerable olfactory complexity, with notes of anise, cedar, and fruit dried, extremely powerful and rich in structure on the palate, very deep and long persistent.
The mineral finish, expression of the territory, makes it logically suitable for combinations with important fish dishes, but thanks to its structure it can be accompanied very well with sweet cheeses and white meats.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: Around 10-12 ° C
QUANTITY PRODUCED: About 120,000 bottles of 0.75 liters
AGING: Five to seven years with very interesting evolutionary capabilities