Agricola Tenuta Colpaola Verdicchio di Matelica 2025
£13.75
The wine
A crisp and characteristically fresh wine with lively citrus notes complemented by delicate white floral nuances. Marked acidity underpins the fruit, with classic minerality and a saline note on the long, persistent finish.
Verdicchio di Matelica is the smaller and less known of the two Verdicchio appellations, and the more interesting. Its valley runs north to south rather than towards the Adriatic, so it gets no maritime moderation and has a genuinely continental climate. Verdicchio is one of very few Italian whites that ages a decade or more.
The producer
Agricola Tenuta Colpaola
View all Agricola Tenuta Colpaola winesAgricola Tenuta Colpaola farms at Matelica in the Marche, in the hills of the Apennine interior.
Verdicchio di Matelica is the smaller and less known of the two Verdicchio appellations, and the more interesting. Where Castelli di Jesi lies closer to the Adriatic, Matelica sits in a narrow inland valley that runs north to south rather than towards the sea, so it receives no maritime moderation at all. The result is a genuinely continental climate with hot days and cold nights, and wines of greater structure and acidity.
Verdicchio is one of Italy's finest white grapes and one of very few capable of ageing for a decade or more, developing a nutty, honeyed depth. Its name comes from the greenish tinge of the ripe berries.
