2020 Durin Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC Vermentino

Aromas of honeycomb, citrus, yellow wildflowers. Delicate and fresh, very juicy; finish suggests lightly bitter almonds.
Hand-harvested. Destemmed; cold macerated for 24 to 48 hours. Pressed then fermented on indigenous yeasts in temperaturecontrolled tanks. Aged in tank for one year. 20-40 year-old vines.

As clean and crisp as the breeze off the Mediterranean. This bright, lacy Vermentino offers tangy, citrus fruits and a delicate note of almonds at the finish. What the rocky coast of Liguria, in northern Italy, can give is nothing less than extraordinary. Four generations of the Basso family have lived and worked in these mountains above the Mediterranean sea—less than three miles away as the crow flies—struggling with the elements to care for older vines grown in garden-sized plots more suitable for gnomes.