Cantine Belisario, Terre di Valbona Verdicchio di Matelica

Description

This 100% Verdicchio is pale lemon in colour with a lovely aromatic and clean bouquet of acacia with a touch of honey. Surprisingly full-bodied, it shows great balance between its crisp green apple character and the richer honey and lemon flavours. The finish is dry and vibrant.

Cantine Belisario is a 300-hectare cooperative winery in the Matelica DOC, Marche, where the only permitted grape is Verdicchio. The co-op boasts 24 organically farmed vineyards, inland from the Castelli di Jesi DOC, where the climate is more continental. Here, the combination of warm days and cool nights extends the growing season, allowing the grape’s aromatics to develop. As a result, harvest occurs as late as the second half of October. These vines are the source of Cantine Belisario’s organic ‘Vigneti B’ Verdicchio.

Grapes for their ‘Terre di Valbona’ are planted in vineyards between 350 and 450 metres above sea level.