Sartarelli Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Balciana

Oof. Tired. Def should've drank this already. Cork stained 1/4 way up. Very deep golden color. Smells oxidated with apple, lemon, and iron. Full body, medium acid and finish, with flavors of oxidated apple, pear, and a tinny metallic note. Over the hill, which doesn't bode well for the '09 and '07 I'm still holding. C'est la vie. Edit: Corked and fridged about half and returning next evening, this is considerably better, if lower acidity and a bit flabby. The …

These are supposed to be age-worthy, and not sure if this is just a little too long, or if it's just the style, but definitely oxidative in nature here, and I've got a couple of '07s and '09s as well, so, there's that. Deep golden color. Smells like overripe peach and nectarine, sourdough, a bit of floral, and some oxidative calvados like apple. Full bodied, medium to medium (+) acid and finish, with flavors of lemon, ginger, peach jolly rancher, …

Nose > Rich, full, sharp, slightly pungent; Lanolin. Palate > Fat, slightly pungent richness balanced by med/med+ acidity. Finishes dry, with slightly bitter fruit & touch of (skin?) tannin. Some ripe, & tart yellow orchard stone fruit. Love the balance. Would not have guessed 11 years old if tasted blind. Excellent food wine. (88+)

OK, I’ll say this first: This is the weirdest white wine I think I’ve had in a very long time. Very unusual. Nose is butterscotch, cured meat, petrol, rubber, citrus, herb. Palate is much the same; some apple in there too. This was recommended by a wine store manager who knows we dig the oxidative style of white wine, and other unusual, off-the-beaten-path whites, and she was dead-on in suggesting this. Quite nice!

Ok I'm biased because my grandmother was from Marche and I've been there and had the pleasure of enjoying their incredibly unique food - this is as real as white wine can get in my opinion. I've had this with whole snapper and it's done equally well with Turkish meatballs and pearl couscous. This is one I'd like to have in my cellar every year.

interesting rather austere, touch botrytis-petrolly nose really grows on me. flavour also reserved but worth effort to fathom; very vinuous integrated with no elements that stick out; excellent food wine. mature and satisfying

What Boatdrinker said: Oily. Honeysuckle. Pear. Nectar. White Rhone and Alsace lovers" will like this. Also had a nuttiness, lightly aged quality to it that really gave it complexity. Not a fresh clean crisp wine, but pretty serious. 91-92

I agree with BOATDRINKER, this is a wine for the Riesling, Chenin Blanc, and Viognier lovers out there. Terrific weight with plenty of stone fruit, minerality, and acidity to work alone or with all sorts of seafood and salads. Outstanding.

oxidized

Beautiful Wife not digging the aged character of these

Not your Nona's Italian quaffer. Oily. Honeysuckle. Pear. Nectar. White Rhone and Alsace lovers should check out this little lady.

Very interesting on the nose, floral, orange and lemon to taste, very complex finish, strong minerals.

With some botrytis made dry. Why not? Hey, the nose is powerful and all there. Crazy wine. Yet power packed. I strangely like the wine.