2024 Fattoria Coroncino Il Coroncino Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore DOC Marche 6pk 6x750ml

Fattoria Coroncino was founded by Lucio and Fiorella Canestrari in 1981 in Staffolo, the heart of Castelli di Jesi. Lucio was one of the pioneering generation of Verdicchio producers — the generation that proved this grape could deliver serious, age-worthy whites when farming and winemaking matched ambition to terroir.

Today his son Vale continues the work from 17 hectares of organically farmed vines, producing about 50,000 bottles a year.

Il Coroncino is the estate's benchmark Verdicchio, sourced entirely from two vineyards with a high proportion of clay — the Cerrete and Spescia parcels. The fruit comes from low-yielding vines planted on calcareous marl at 400 meters with southwest exposure. A portion ferments in 500-liter oak barrels; the rest in stainless steel. The wine ages on its lees for several months, then spends a year in bottle before release. This is not cold-fermented, insipid Verdicchio — it's a bold, textural, deeply mineral white built to age.

The 2021 vintage, with a few years of bottle age, is hitting its stride: rich, mineral, almost Burgundian in cut. Stately and energetic. The wine shows a wide range of fruit — pineapple to citrus, green apple to pear — layered with almond, candied citron, and flint.

The palate is full, fresh, and savory, with good structure and enormous food-pairing capacity. This is Verdicchio with the strength to stand next to meat, fish, grilled pork — anything that needs a white with backbone.

Verdicchio is a late-ripening grape that thrives in oak and rewards patience. Around the three- or four-year mark it becomes creamy and round; the best bottles hold for a decade or more.