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2017 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Capovolto”

La Marca di San Michele
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Capovolto is a delightful and refreshing white from Le Marche region of Italy, a relatively less-traveled part of the country that is ideally situated between the green, heavily forested hills of Umbria and the Adriatic Sea. La Marca’s organically tended vineyards grow in the limestone soil of an ancient seabed, benefiting from mountain breezes at their back and cool sea air in their face. This pure Verdicchio has a divine fullness followed by a long, crisp finish, like an Italian version of Mâcon.
     I enjoy it as an aperitivo as I cook, and find that it sings with a classic regional dish such as petrale sole with capers, lemon, and parsley.

Michael Butler


Technical Information
Wine Type: white
Vintage: 2017
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: Verdicchio
Appellation: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
Country: Italy
Producer: La Marca di San Michele
Winemaker: Alessandro Bonci, Beatrice Bonci, Daniela Quaresima
Vineyard: Planted in 2005, 2.8 ha
Soil: Limestone, Clay
Aging: Wine ages for 7 months in stainless steel tank
Farming: Organic (practicing)
Alcohol: 13%

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Every three or four months I would send my clients a cheaply made list of my inventory, but it began to dawn on me that business did not pick up afterwards. It occurred to me that my clientele might not know what Château Grillet is, either. One month in 1974 I had an especially esoteric collection of wines arriving, so I decided to put a short explanation about each wine into my price list, to try and let my clients know what to expect when they uncorked a bottle. The day after I mailed that brochure, people showed up at the shop, and that is how these little propaganda pieces for fine wine were born.—Kermit Lynch

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