Tenuta di Tavignano Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Villa Torre 2024 White wine and Spoleto native Iacopo Paolucci

and Spoleto native Iacopo Paolucci has made it his life’s work to bring Umbria’s native grapes to their greatest potential

because without that softening of oak this wine would feel like a laser beam pointed at your tonsils

summer black truffle

at harvest he picks with acidity in mind

While the grapes are less fashionable

Tenuta di Tavignano Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Villa Torre 2024 White wine and Spoleto native Iacopo PaolucciThe eastern slope of the Apennines is cut at regular intervals by river valleys that create natural channels for air from the mountains to the Adriatic sea, a natural flow of fresh wind that creates ideal conditions for growing grapes. In the middle ages the most prominent of these valleys were peppered with castles to protect the city of Ancona from invasion. Today those castles are known mostly for a little green grape that became nearly synonymous