Verdicchio is a white wine found mainly in the Italian Marche region, and wine aficionados love it for its peachy taste and mildly oily texture. The verdicchio wine variety has been popular for hundreds of years and offers versatile tastes that cater to different wine lovers. With primary flavors of lemon and peach, it's a wine that has spent a couple of years in a cellar. Often paired with savory tarts, quiche, potato cheese pastries and Marcona almonds, this wine is mildly dry and has a saline taste.

This wine derives its name from the Italian word verde, which means green. This is because the grape used for this wine has a greenish-yellow color. Verdicchio produces some amazing sparkling wines due to its high acidity levels. The grape also creates straw wine, a kind of dessert wine. People often relate it to greco and trebbiano, other Italian varietals. Verdicchio white wine has a crisp and clean flavor profile. It's an exquisite aperitif wine that is ideal for enjoying in the warm weather as you sit on the patio.

Many wine critics believe that verdicchio sparkling white wine offers its best when it displays the true characteristics of its grape. The almond finish and high acidity are a couple of hallmarks of this wine. The white grape has a good structure and gives a mildly bitter twist towards the end. Since verdicchio is not an aromatic grape, you might notice the absence of a typical, strong wine aroma. In fruity wines, acidity creates a contrast to balance the tones, but in verdicchio, acidity is the primary feature. Verdicchio does have a mild mineral aroma, but there are no fruity or floral tones. In fact, the mineral aroma is one of the main characteristics of verdicchio.

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