Sunday, 25 January 2015

A Tuscan Vermentino IGT


I tried a Tuscan Vermentino at the neighbourhood organic wine shop today. It was not the first time I tried such a wine. I recalled one Valentine Day dinner where the menu featured something cooked in Vermentino wine. There was a Vermentino on the wine list - from Guado al Tasso in Bolgheri and we ordered a bottle. But we were not going to finish that bottle and what we had in mind for the main course. We did find that a freind was at a table not that far away, so we offered them the remainder of the wine, so we could enjoy the red we had selected for the main course to its full. (Unfortunately, I cannot locate the notes for this wine at present.)

Now the Guado al Tasso Vermentino wines (both the original wine and the new Camillo cru wine) are DOC, but this one is an IGT. Tasting it, the wine was a nice straw colour with a crisp citrussy nose (hints of white pepper). The palate was initially off dry going onto a crisp slightly fruity palate. The backbone was acid and citrus with hints of citrus peel.

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