Description

Information:

Soil Type: Predominantly sandy derived from decaying granite with a light clayish layer

Training System: Espalier

Harvest Time: First decade of September

Harvesting: Technique Hand-harvested in small boxes


Vermentino (Rolle) is a white wine grape grown in various locations and under various names, around the western Mediterranean. Strongholds of which include northwestern Italy, southern France, and the neighboring islands of Corsica and Sardinia.


Wine making:

Vinification The grapes are soft and vacuum pressed without prior destemming. The must is then clarified through settling and it slowly ferments at cold-controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks

Ageing: After the fermentation, the wine is aged sur lie (on the yeast) for minimum 8 months

Description:

Colour: Straw-yellow color. 

Elegant and refined bouquet, full flavor and a long persistence on the nose as well as on the palate. Notes of white pulp fruit, pear, peach and flowers typical of the Mediterranean bush, hawthorn and wild pear. There are hints of orange peel and grapefruit. The finish is long and persistent, almondy with mineral notes