Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 PURYEAR Tobacco smoke and toffee dominate

Tobacco smoke and toffee dominate the nose and palate

and almonds introduce a medium-bodied wine pressed whole-cluster and aged 15 months in 0-10% new barrels

Gin distilled from New York Corn with freshly peeled Orange

Dusty cherries and white smoke with flowery undergrowth on the nose

Aged for nine months in century-old oak foudres

Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 PURYEAR Tobacco smoke and toffee dominateAmpelio 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