Bisci - Verdicchio di Matelica, Marche, Italy (2022)

TASTING NOTES

Pale straw yellow with green reflections. Intense aromas of white flowers, fennel, a little bit earthy with green apple and sour sop. The palate is rich, quite warm but balanced with a refreshing bitter note on the finish. Crushed stone and smoky minerals along with raw almonds dominate the back-palate.  

Bisci are consistent award-winners, including multiple for ‘Tre Bicchieri’ and Slow Food honours. Their vineyards in the famed Matelica valley are parallel to the coast and not influenced by the sea breezes, giving a climate that is continental with hot summers and cold winters and with a particularly broad diurnal temperature range. The soil is clayey-calcareous, rich in micro-elements as an ancient marine basin.

Verdicchio di Matelica wines are renowned for their structure and ageability.

‘Bisci is a heavyweight in the small Verdicchio di Matelica denomination. Size and quality go hand in hand here, and Bisci's Verdicchio wines are among the best of the Marche. I especially like the fact that they are very faithful to the Matelica terroir: steely and refined, with a dry Riesling-like quality to them.’ - Ian D'Agata