Tenuta di Tavignano - Verdicchio dei Castello di Jesi Classico Superiore 'Misco' 2021

At the top of a hill in Cingoli, in Le Marche, between the Apennine mountains and the Adriatic sea, stands Tenuta di Tavignano.  Since the 1990’s, owners Stefano Aymerich di Laconi and his late wife Beatrice Lucangeli devoted themselves full measure to the production of high-quality wines based on the region’s most noble grape: Verdicchio. They replanted their vineyards and reinvested in the uniqueness of Castelli di Jesi Classico DOC. And make no mistake, the appellation is worth your attention – especially in the Classico district, where centuries of cultivation pre-date the boom of quantity over quality in one of Italy’s most historic DOCs, founded in 1968! And few producers have honed in so well on what it means to be Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico as has Tavignano—with a host of Tre Bicchieri awards since 2006 culminating with the highest honor of the Italian press—Gambero Rosso’s White Wine of the Year award in 2017 for their Misco Riserva 2015. Today, Ondine de la Feld