Winemaker Notes
This wine has a delicate straw color. The fragrance is subtle, with a hint of wildflowers and herbs, particularly rosemary and thyme, mixed with fruitiness reminiscent of apricot and pineapple, with good intensity. The palate is fresh, persistent and pleasantly mellow.
This is a dry wine that goes especially well with seafood.
Professional Ratings
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Wine & Spirits
Grapes for this wine macerate on the skins for up to 48 hours, gaining intense aromas of dried sage and rosemary that conjure images of western Liguria’s scrubby terrain. The citrus flavors get juicier as the wine sits in the glass, picking up notes of white peach and an intense salinity that lingers on the finish.
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.
Liguria’s most extensive DOC along its northwest coast from Genoa to France, the area concentrates on the production of Vermentino (called Pigato here), Dolcetto (called Ormeasco here), Alicante and Rossese di Dolceaqua.
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