Tenuta di Tavignano Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Villa Torre 2024 White wine summer black truffle

summer black truffle

and Spoleto native Iacopo Paolucci has made it his life’s work to bring Umbria’s native grapes to their greatest potential

just like most Willamette Valley wines of that vintage

While the grapes are less fashionable

at harvest he picks with acidity in mind

Tenuta di Tavignano Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Villa Torre 2024 White wine summer black truffleThe eastern slope of the Apennines is cut at regular intervals by river valleys that create natural channels for air from the mountains to the Adriatic sea, a natural flow of fresh wind that creates ideal conditions for growing grapes. In the middle ages the most prominent of these valleys were peppered with castles to protect the city of Ancona from invasion. Today those castles are known mostly for a little green grape that became nearly synonymous