Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 NO20230927 Alwin and Stefanie Jurtschitsch took

Alwin and Stefanie Jurtschitsch took over the family estate in 2006 and converted everything to organic farming immediately

aged 36 months in Slavonian oak

brisk spice of the rye grain

The wine reveals cassis

Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 NO20230927 Alwin and Stefanie Jurtschitsch tookAmpelio 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