Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Tufico 2002

Colonnara (Italy)

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi (Marches)

Verdicchio
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

Tufico shows a brilliant straw yellow color and nuances of straw yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of hawthorn, plum and apple followed by aromas of broom, yeast, almond, pear, grapefruit and hints of mineral. In the mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and pleasing roundness, however well balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum, apple and almond. A well made wine. Tufico is produced with late harvested grapes, ages for 7 months in steel tanks followed by at least 6 months of aging in bottle.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Roasted fish, Fish and mushrooms soups, Stuffed pasta, Pasta with fish, Roasted white meat

Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Bodied and Mature White Wines)

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