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Plenio Riserva

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore · Italy

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seafood · pasta with white sauce · mild cheeses

201288 pts

This structured white opens with aromas of oak, citrus, baking spice and dried tree fruit. The full-bodied palate delivers nectarine, dried apricot, toasted almond, oak-driven vanilla and a candied ginger note. Fermenting 40% of the wine in oak casks gives it depth.
201089 pts

Aged partly in oak, this firmly structured wine opens with lovely aromas of Spanish broom, hawthorne and tropical fruit, as well as a whiff of toasted oak. The palate delivers concentrated flavors of peach, lemon peel and apple layered with cinnamon-spice.
200888 pts

An oak-fermented Verdicchio, this has an off-gold color, with bright aromas of lemon candy, butterscotch, honey, dried apricot and pineapple. This is made in a big, structured style, making it appropriate for white meat or spicy Thai chicken.
200488 pts

This Verdicchio, from the best grapes of the estate's Villa Bianchi vineyard, offers pretty renderings of honey, pear and stone fruit. The aromas are fresh, vibrant and inviting and the mouthfeel is long-lasting and bright. Thirty percent of the wine ferments in new French oak t…
200389 pts

One third of Umani Ronchi's celebrated Plenio Riserva is fermented in wood barrel which leads to rich aromas of vanilla, almond and apricot. Overall, those oak nuances are delicately balanced by rich fruit and fragrant floral tones.