Italian wine region
How to pronounce Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi is pronounced ver-DEE-kyoh day kah-STEL-lee dee YEH-zee, written /verˈdikkjo dei kasˈtɛlli di ˈjɛːzi/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. The main stress falls on YEH.
ver-DEE-kyoh day kah-STEL-lee dee YEH-zee
IPA /verˈdikkjo dei kasˈtɛlli di ˈjɛːzi/
What is Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi?
A white wine DOC in the Marche region of central Italy, made from the Verdicchio grape. It produces crisp, dry whites with green apple, citrus, and a distinctive almond-bitter finish, and is considered one of Italy's most characterful and underrated white wines.
Other accepted pronunciations
These are also correct, and Vinolingo scores them as correct:
- ... dee YAY-zee / YEH-see — Jèsi/Jési and regional s/z in Jesi.
Tips for saying it
Often heard as ver-DEE-choh day kah-STEL-lee dee YEH-zee.
In Italian, cchi is a hard k plus a y glide, never ch: ver-DEE-kyoh.
Often heard as ver-DEE-kyoh day kah-STEL-lee dee JEH-zee.
The j in Jesi sounds like English y, not the j of jam: dee YEH-zee.
Often heard as fer-DEE-kyoh day kah-STEL-lee dee YEH-zee.
Italian v is a voiced v as in very, not an f: ver-DEE-kyoh.
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