Cantine Belisario Terre di Valbona Verdicchio di Matelica 2025

Cantine Belisario Terre di Valbona Verdicchio di Matelica

Region: Marche, Italy

Vintage: 2025

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Verdicchio

ABV: 12.5%

This wine is pale lemon in colour with a lovely aromatic and clean bouquet of acacia with a touch of honey. Surprisingly full-bodied, it shows great balance between its crisp green apple character and the richer honey and lemon flavours. The finish is dry and vibrant.

The co-operative has 300 hectares of vineyards, 24 of which are organically cultivated. The grapes for the Terre di Valbona are sourced from the hillside vineyards situated in the valley of Valbona, 350-450 metres above sea level. The vines are south-facing and Guyot trained.

Upon arrival at the winery, the grapes were destemmed, softly pressed and clarified before undergoing fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks for roughly two weeks. The juice was then aged in stainless steel vats for around four months before bottling. The Terre di Valbona is unoaked to maximise freshness.

Cantine Belisario is a 300-hectare cooperative winery in the Matelica DOC, Marche, founded in 1971, where the only permitted grape is Verdicchio. The co-op owns 24 hectares of organically farmed vineyards, inland from the Castelli di Jesi DOC, where the climate is more continental. Here, the combination of warm days and cool nights extend the growing season, allowing the grape's aromatics to develop. As a result, harvest occurs as late as the second half of October. These vines are the source of Cantine Belisario’s organic ‘Vigneti B’ Verdicchio.