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    VERDICCHIO

    Apr 01, 2020 4 minutes

    Since the idea of fine Italian white wine first took hold in the 1970s and ’80s, Verdicchio is a variety that has gone from strength to strength. In 1980, Burton Anderson claimed in his book , ‘…the standard here may be as high as for any popular white wine in Italy at the moment’. Nearly four decades later, Ian D’Agata maintained in his (University of California Press, 2014) that ‘Verdicchio is arguably Italy’s greatest native white grape variety’. It is highly versatile, making very creditable passito and sparkling wines thanks to naturally high levels of acidity, but it’s the still, dry versions that stand out. Two areas of the Marche region have DOC or DOCG status. The first comprises the rolling coastal hills of the Castelli di Jesi (with its Classico sub-zone), while the

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