ISOLA

Isola is the entry-point Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOP of this multi-generational Marche family winery — the wine that introduces the estate's character and its clay-limestone terroir with gypsum deposits at 200 to 250 metres above sea level in the most accessible and broadly inviting register. It is not a lesser wine for being accessible; it is a wine that communicates its territory with directness and clarity rather than demanding the extended attention that the estate's more ambitious productions require.

The Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi is one of the Marche's most celebrated indigenous white varieties — a grape of genuine complexity and longevity in the right conditions, and one whose particular expression on clay-limestone soils with gypsum deposits at this altitude produces wines of distinctive mineral character. The organic farming of this estate ensures that the soil's biological richness is preserved and expressed in the wine.

The wine is characterised by aromas of white fruit, wildflowers, and a touch of iodine — the last of these being among the most specific and most interesting aromatic signatures of Verdicchio from this specific Marche terroir, reflecting the mineral complexity of the clay-limestone and gypsum soils and their ancient marine geological origin.

On the palate, Isola is fresh and savoury, with a pronounced minerality that makes it ideal for pairing with fish dishes — the natural affinity between the wine's mineral character and the flavours of the Adriatic seafood tradition is one of those pairings that feel almost inevitable once encountered. The organic farming and Federico's France experience that underlie the estate's approach are visible even in this most accessible of their wines.

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