Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 NO20230927 which translates into lower alcohol

which translates into lower alcohol

A teaching wine from the prestigious Avize Viti Campus winemaking school

aged 36 months in Slavonian oak

closer in spirit to Marsannay than to anything from Sonoma

Bottled at 100 proof

Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 NO20230927 which translates into lower alcoholAmpelio Bucci spent decades arguing that Verdicchio could age like a great white Burgundy, and this is the bottle that proved him right. The Riserva comes from the estate's oldest vines, ages a year or more in big Slavonian oak casks that season the wine without flavoring it, and then rests another year in bottle before release. Bucci himself recommends treating it like a red: serve it cool rather than cold, and open it an hour ahead. Do that and it