Has Vermentino fallen out of favour with Italians and is being replaced by a taste for Chardonnay?
Maybe but I don't want to believe it yet.
On hot summer days there is not much more refreshing than a well chilled glass of Vermentino. Chilled is a must - it still has enough oomph in the nose to release its floral essence. Once it comes up to room temp it can be overwhelmingly perfumey IMHO. Good acid balance.
I'm pretty convinced that you can trust anything from Fontori to be a solid choice. — 9 months ago
Some fruit and still a lot of tannins. — 5 years ago
Whoa!! Juicy juice! Deep fruit and luscious. Kind of sexy — 8 years ago
Big acid. Dry, super clean, minerality. 24 hrs cold maceration. — 9 years ago
Old world taste for this still relatively young wine — 11 years ago
A new winery from sicily — 12 years ago
Never really had a better white from Spain! — 13 years ago
Bacco
Dark chocolate — 5 months ago
Seemingly more youthful than the notes on my last bottle, about 20 months ago, would suggest. A fair amount of bricking at the rim, but the nose shows a nice integration of dark macerated cherry, Provençal herbs, iodiney minerals, and sun-baked earth. In the mouth, the tannins are there but resolving. Decent concentration, and sneaky acidity lifts it up a bit. Nice! — 7 months ago
Dry. Robust. A little fruity, but not sweet. Hint tobacco. — 2 years ago
Z4 lic mazf jhi pablo c — 5 years ago
At first, this wine seemed slightly over the hill. Not sure if it was pairing with food, some aeration or the alcohol (in my head) that let this wine blossom in the glass. This wine sings after 30 minutes. Somewhat soft and round with lots of structure and backbone making a for a great balanced wine. — 8 years ago
An absolutely sensational wine. Very full bodied yet really smooth to the pallet. Can be paired with anything from scallops to fillet. — 10 years ago
A great example of why Brunellos are loved so much - great terroir and lingering aromas make this a beautiful wine to drink. Easily can be kept laying down for another 7-8 years. — 11 years ago
Best wine I tasted — 11 years ago
... forse la più grande bottiglia di vino base sangiovese mai assaggiata fino ad ora ! — 13 years ago
Nice watermelon taste go along well with seafood. — 9 months ago
Flavorful! — 6 years ago
Fruity and nice oak notes. Very well-rounded, loved it — 8 years ago
Smell like a Dr Pepper but with none of the additives (obviously). Skrate cherry cola. Cranberry and cutting acidity. Supple and generous but light and pristine at the same time. Vg — 8 years ago
Élégant nose with peppermint, chocolate , red fruit. In mouth powerful tannins too oaky now, should stay in cellar for 10 more years — 9 years ago
Very light! — 11 years ago
Bright subtle nice fruit light to med bodied - would have again - light tannin — 11 years ago
Delicious. Bitter as a homeless man's unwashed ballsack, but tasty — 12 years ago
Ted
Nectarines that need to ripen. I liked this. Very different. — 5 months ago