Colleleva Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 2024

Colleleva Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 2024 is a crisp, mineral-driven white from Italy's less traveled Adriatic coast in the Marche, home of the Verdicchio grape, whose name comes from the root verde, describing the greenish hue of the grapes and the resulting wine . The vineyards of Colleleva (Colle, hill, and si Leva, rises) lie on the heights of the Marche, about halfway between the Apennine mountains and the coastline of the Adriatic Sea, where eastern sun exposure and cooling winds from the Adriatic balance ripeness with fresh acidity in the grapes . The wine is fermented 3 weeks in stainless steel tanks, sees no malolactic fermentation, ages 3 months in stainless steel, and rests 2 months in bottle before release . It is bottled with the gentlest spritz of naturally occurring carbon dioxide to minimize sulfur use .