Tasting notes

Vermentino usually tastes of citrus fruit such as lemons, oranges and satsumas. There’s often an attractive bitter note too reminiscent of grapefruit skin, apricots or almonds.

Early picked examples can have a grassy edge, whereas riper examples can be full of orange blossom, peaches and voluptuous texture, but at the risk of losing freshness.

The inest examples come from Piedmont and Sardinia and often have a salty mineral edge.

Most Vermentinos are designed to be drunk young but the very best can age where they become richer, taking on lavours of bitter orange and almonds.

Vermentino is perfect with ish and seafood. It also has the body to stand up to rich tomato dishes like ratatouille, and it can be magni icent with pasta and pesto.