The Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi is the most famous and historically noted DOC wine of the Marches. The vines of the extremely ancient Verdicchio variety, the Veneto, Tuscany and Campania, cover the hills that flank the river Esino.
Today, the worldwide reputation of Verdicchio, the leading DOC wine of the Marches in terms of quantity, has been further enhanced by the introduction of a new sparkling wine that some estates are now producing both by the Charmat and the Champenois methods.
The Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi can be labeled with the geographical qualification Classico when it is produced in the oldest sector of the zone indicated in the DOC discipline.