Andrea Felici Classico Superiore Verdicchio

Verdicchio

Le Marche, Italy

Andrea Felici is located in Apiro, the highest of the villages surrounding the town of Jesi (Castelli di Jesi). The Esino river divides the region with the higher elevations being on rockier soils with the lower on heavier silt and sand. This elevation of Apiro allows for great day-night temperature shift and the
wines express the clay/rocky soils on which they grow. Felici’s wines have the tension between fruit and minerality found in the world’s great white wines. After harvest by hand, it is given a short soak on the skins before pressing and is fermented in stainless steel with native yeasts. The wine is then aged
on the lees for three months and in the bottle another two prior to release. This wine demonstrates freshness from the high elevation and a Riesling-like minerality of the Marche hills. A perfect summer sipper, the wine matches seamlessly with the pesce crudo and fresh seafood of the nearby Adriatic.