Mario And Giorgio Brunori - Verdicchio Dei Castelli Di Jesi Classico "le Gemme" 2023 (750ml)

Proprietor: Carlo Brunori and Cristina Brunori

Year Founded: 1956

Size: 6.5 hectares

Farming Practice: Organic

The Tinkerer of Jesi

Mario Brunori knew that even a blessed terrain needed a clever tender.

Consider the Vespa. Mario Brunori did. The streamline styling. The step-through design. A wasp on two wheels and the Birth of the Italian Cool. Audrey Hepburn pinched Gregory Peck’s for a joyride in Roman Holiday and that was all she wrote: the iconic scooter passed a million sales in 1956—the very year Mario started bottling his own wine in Marche. So of course his son Giorgio would soon start toodling around on his very own.
 

Wines: White Le Gemme Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico+-

Varietal/Blend: Verdicchio

Vineyard Area: Le Gemme is the largest of the estate's two parcels in San Paolo di Jesi totaling 5 hectares. 

Soil: Clay-sandy loam soils that are calcareous

Elevation: 500-550 feet

Exposure: Southeast

Farming Practice: Organic

Vinification: Manually harvested and gently pressed followed by fermentation in temperature-controlled cement tanks 

Maturation: Aged in glass-coated cement tanks