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The Verdeca Grape


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About Verdeca

(Synonyms: Albese Bianco, Albina Verde, Alvino Verde, Biancolina, Carosella, Primarulo, San Gennaro, Tivolese, Uva Marana, Verdacchio, Verde, Verdea, Verdera, Verdesca, Verdicchio Bianco, Verdicchio Femmina, Verdicchio Verde, Verdicchio Peloso, Verdichio Tirolese, Verdichio Tivolese, Verdicella, Verdigno, Verdisco, Verdisco Bianco, Verdisio Bianco, Verdolino, Verdone, and Vino Verde.)

Background

Map showing the Apulia region of Italy

Verdeca is an ancient white-wine grape originating in the Apulia region of southern Italy. It is today still grown there, but also in the Colli Piacentini region and even on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius. It was being used for wine well before the age of the Roman Empire.

(It may be that Verdeca—like many Italian grape varieties—actually came to Italy from somewhere farther east, possibly Croatia or even Greece.)

Verdeca wines are commonly described as “rare”. One doubts that its best friends would call it a gem, even a hidden gem. If a winemaker takes care and puts some effort in, a decent or better wine can be made, but as the grape is not at all well known (so that its wines command no great price), few put in such efforts.

When they do, the result is usually described as having herbal qualities, in the best of cases with some citrus nose and flavor. (When they don’t, the result is “neutral”, for whatever that means.)

Factoid: Verdeca used to be used a great deal in the production of vermouth, but with the (highly regrettable) global falloff of interest in that delightful apéritif, even less is being grown these days.

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Some Descriptions of Verdeca Wines

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Some Verdecas to Try

(About this list.)

Verdeca is, to be honest, not a top-flight variety, so we had to slightly push our cutoff (but only slightly). Even so, there really aren’t that many decent Verdecas out there—consumer write-ups seem much kinder to the variety than those of professional critics. Anyway, this is what we found.


Li Veli “Askos” Verdeca
(Typically cut with 10% to 15% Minutolo.)

• This wine’s Wine Searcher “Reviews” page.
• This wine’s CellarTracker review pages.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by Wine Searcher.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by 1000 Corks.



Produttori di Manduria “Alice” Verdeca

• This wine’s Wine Searcher “Reviews” page.
• This wine’s CellarTracker review pages.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by Wine Searcher.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by 1000 Corks.



I Pastini “Faraone” Verdeca
(Somewhat scarce but not unfindable.)

• This wine’s Wine Searcher “Reviews” page.
• This wine’s CellarTracker review pages.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by Wine Searcher.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by 1000 Corks.

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For a Splurge

We could find no reasonably available Verdeca wines better enough than those listed above as to justify a “splurge” price.

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