Italy — wine

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi

The Marche region's greatest and most internationally recognised white wine, produced from the Verdicchio grape in the Castelli di Jesi hills near the Adriatic. Verdicchio is one of Italy's oldest and most distinctive indigenous whites — intensely mineral, bitter-almond finishing, and built for aging. The amphora-shaped bottle was a 1950s marketing gimmick that became iconic, but the wine inside is genuinely great: one of Italy's most age-worthy and food-versatile whites.

Year Rating Notes
2023 Outstanding Adriatic Marche season; Verdicchio of exceptional mineral precision and bitter-almond complexity
2022 Good vintage; wines of characteristic freshness and the bitter-mineral backbone ideal for aging
2021 Cooler year; wines of unusual aromatics and high acid — best examples for cellaring
2020 Hot summer; rich, concentrated Verdicchio with the typical apple and almond at full ripeness
2019 Benchmark Marche vintage; finest Verdicchio in recent memory across all producers
2018 Good season; wines show the variety's characteristic bitter almond finish and mineral drive.