Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 PURYEAR Gin distilled from New York

Gin distilled from New York Corn with freshly peeled Orange

Tobacco smoke and toffee dominate the nose and palate

Hand harvested

Dusty cherries and white smoke with flowery undergrowth on the nose

Aged for nine months in century-old oak foudres

Villa Bucci Verdicchio Riserva 2021 PURYEAR Gin distilled from New YorkAmpelio Bucci spent decades arguing that Verdicchio could age like a great white Burgundy, and this is the bottle that proved him right. The Riserva comes from the estate's oldest vines, ages a year or more in big Slavonian oak casks that season the wine without flavoring it, and then rests another year in bottle before release. Bucci himself recommends treating it like a red: serve it cool rather than cold, and open it an hour ahead. Do that and it