La Marca di San Michele 'Passolento' Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jessi Riserva 2021

A long, slow fermentation in oak is followed by 8 months in 10hl Slavonian oak botti and 9 months in bottle. Dense and savoury on the nose, it nonetheless carries the estate’s trademark bright aromatics and precise minerality. Richly textured yet refined, with hints of pine nut and chamomile, Passolento is serious stuff and it shows how classy verdicchio can be in the right hands.