2025 Bisci - Verdicchio di Matelica DOC (750ml)

Brothers Giuseppe and Pierino Bisci planted their first vineyards on the south-facing foothills of Monte San Vicino in the early 1970s, drawn to a corner of the Marche that had long been overlooked in favor of Verdicchio's better-known cousin from Castelli di Jesi. The estate is now guided by the second generation, brothers Mauro and Tito, who have pushed the property toward organic farming and new plantings while holding firm to the family's original style.

Matelica sits in the Alta Valle dell'Esino, the only valley in the Marche that runs parallel to the Adriatic rather than toward it, giving the area a distinct rhythm of steady sun, cooling breezes, and dry nights. The Verdicchio vines grow on calcareous clay soils at meaningful altitude in the Apennine foothills, hand-harvested and selected before a slow, temperature-controlled fermentation. True to the estate's philosophy, the wine ages entirely in glass-lined cement rather than oak, preserving its brightness and sense of place.

The result is pale and glowing in the glass, with aromas of green apple, white peach, and citrus blossom. The palate is fresh and saline, carrying orchard fruit across a backbone of crisp acidity before closing on Verdicchio's signature note of bitter almond. Pour it with grilled fish, linguine alle vongole, or fresh burrata.