Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 NO20230927 Dating to the early 1850s

Dating to the early 1850s

closer in spirit to Marsannay than to anything from Sonoma

Bottled at 100 proof

more immediately seductive

brisk spice of the rye grain

Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 NO20230927 Dating to the early 1850sAmpelio Bucci spent decades arguing that Verdicchio could age like a great white Burgundy, and this is the bottle that proved him right. The Riserva comes from the estate's oldest vines, ages a year or more in big Slavonian oak casks that season the wine without flavoring it, and then rests another year in bottle before release. Bucci himself recommends treating it like a red: serve it cool rather than cold, and open it an hour ahead. Do that and it