Winemaker Notes
This wine is fresh and bright with aromas and flavors of citrus, wild flowers, and acacia blossom honey. It has a crisp and elegant mouthfeel and pairs well with all types of seafood
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This wine is full of licorice-root aromas with restrained sage and lemons. Very silky on the palate with zesty acidity, white-pepper flavors and tight texture over medium body and a long, citrusy finish.
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Decanter
Tangerine seed, jasmine, subtle flinty reduction and a balsamic whiff hint at the position of the vineyards between the coast and the Apuan alps. Slim and mineral-driven, zesty flavours and spicy herbal touches shape a taut and zingy progression, finishing with pleasant phenolic bitterness and a lengthening smoky touch. Aged in stainless steel.
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Wine Enthusiast
Like biting into a fresh orange while standing in a coastal flower garden, everything bright and alive. The palate brings that same seaside freshness, crisp citrus and subtle pith playing like waves hitting sun-warmed rocks on a perfect summer morning.
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Wine Spectator
This is intense, with apricot, peach, jasmine and pink grapefruit flavors. Juicy and charming, offering excellent balance and a long, complex aftertaste.
A fantastic, aromatic white grape that grows with great success in Sardinia, Tuscany and in lesser proportions on the island of Corsica. Somm Secret—Vermentino is thought to be genetically identical to Liguria’s Pigato grape and Peidmont’s Favorita. It comprises a large proportion of the whites in southern France where it is called Rolle.
Forming a crescent along Italy’s northwestern Mediterranean coast, Liguria is one of the country’s smallest regions. Though its ports, Genoa and Savona have welcomed foreign influence for centuries, the region today is experiencing a fresh interest in its own indigenous varieties. Liguria commits large efforts to the white Vermentino (also called Pigato) and the red varieties Rossese, Sangiovese and Dolcetto (also called Ormeasco in Liguria).
Liguria has no shortage of dizzyingly steep, coastal vineyards. On its eastern end in Cinqueterre, Vermentino grows along cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean. On its west, bordering France, terraced, seaside vineyards are home to Rossese di Dolceacqua, Liguria’s powerful yet highly aromatic red.