A certified organic wine, the 2021 Verdicchio Classico Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Bucci only sees stainless steel, and fruit is sourced from across 31 hectares of vines on limestone-clay soils. This pretty wine delivers terrific freshness and aromatic sharpness with grapefruit, exotic tones, saffron and white licorice. This vintage is especially intense and focused. This is a big production of 100,000 bottles.

The organic Villa Bucci 2020 Verdicchio Classico Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Bucci is lovely and balanced with green apple, papaya, honey and crushed stone. The wine offers good equilibrium between the freshness of its primary flavors and its natural acidity. Annual production for this popular wine is under 100,000 bottles.

Here's a fun wine that takes us back to the origins of winemaking with Verdicchio. The Villa Bucci 2016 Verdicchio Classico Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Bucci is aged in 70-year-old oak casks (made with Slavonian oak) for three years. The time in barrel is not much, but the wine's contact with these almost completely neutral barrels is fundamental to its integration and balance. You get citrus and honeydew aromas with some dried garden herb and crushed stone, perfect for raw stone clams and cocktail sauce. Some 120,000 bottles were made.

The 2009 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico is beautifully layered and polished. The fruit is nicely articulated from start to finish. Simply put this is a jewel of a wine. Even better, it is a great value. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2019. Bucci is a reference point winery for the Marche. The Verdicchios in particular are standouts. While readers are likely to drink these wines pretty much upon release, they do have an ability to age gracefully.Importer: Empson, USA, Alexandria, VA; tel. (703) 684-0900