Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Riserva Crisio 2021

Description

A still white wine from the heart of the Marche region, a Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Riserva, 13.5% ABV, produced by CasalFarneto. 2021 vintage, 0.75L bottle. A wine that embodies the excellence of Verdicchio, with meticulous winemaking that enhances its qualities. Medlar, peach, and fresh almond blend with flowering broom shrubs, aromatic herbs, and rock salt, creating a complex and inviting bouquet. The color is straw yellow with green highlights. The intense, fresh, and savory progression is wrapped in glycerine notes, with a finish rich in fruit and mineral notes.

Details

Perfume

Medlar, peach and fresh almond, flowering broom shrubs, herbs and rock salt.

Color

Straw-yellow with green hues.

Taste

The intense fresh savoury progression is enveloped in glyceric notes. Balance lends long persistence to the richly fruity, mineral finish.

Serve at:

12 - 14 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

CasalFarneto

From this winery

• Start up year: 1995
• Oenologist: Stefano Chioccioli
• Bottles produced: 800.000
• Hectares: 43

In Le Marche region, in between the sea and the Apennines, one of the most beautiful hilly landscapes of Ancona’s province unfolds – it’s the land of prestigious wines such as Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi. Here, with its 35 acres of vineyard, CasalFarneto Wine Estate is located, where technology, tradition and sustainability combine to produce wines of excellence. Under the shade of Farnetto oaks, from which the Estate gets its name, the farmhouse boasts the cultivation of white and red grapes, with particular attention to organic wine.

For a decade, CasalFarneto has been managed alongside the Togni Group allowing its wine production to make good use of technical and entrepreneurial know-how, which has been vital to grow a business nurtured by strong effort and great passion for wine. Local geography, quality and innovation are a triple value aiming to propose a unique product to the consumer. The strong personality of CasalFarneto wines is the result of on-going experimentation retelling Le Marche winegrowing tradition in an increasingly more modern and biological key.

The following wines were awarded in 2022:

- Passerina BIO Frida 2021: Gold Medal from the Challenge Millesime Bio contest France, one of the most important world competitions for organic wines.

- Fontevecchia 2020: awarded by the Luca Maroni guide with 96/100 for Best Verdicchio d'Italia vintage 2020. Read more

Marche

Technical Sheet

Name	CasalFarneto Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Riserva Crisio 2021
Type	White still
Denomination	Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva DOCG
Vintage	2021
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Verdicchio Bianco
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Vendor	CasalFarneto
Origin	Hilly hinterland of central Marche, estate-owned vineyards. Exposure: north-east.
Soil composition	Medium-textured soils.
Harvest	Strictly selected bunches are hand-picked and brought to the cellar in small crates to prevent the grapes from breaking.
Fermentation temperature	18 °C
Wine making	Pressing with extraction of the free-run juice only. Withdrawal obtained from the first cycle up to 0.5 atm. Cleaning of must by cold static decantation. Part of the second pressing cycle up to 1.2 atm. Temperature-controlled fermentation at 18° C. Cold sterile bottling by microfiltration.
Aging	Matured partly in stainless steel tanks and partly in large oak casks. Bottle-ageing for at least 6/8 months.
Allergens	Contains sulphites