Guado Al Tasso Vermentino Bolgheri DOC

Guado Al Tasso Vermentino Bolgheri DOC. The first Vermentino harvest at the Guado alTasso estate, located near Bolgheri, near the Tuscan coast, was in 1996. The grapes are picked in the early morning of each year to preserve the aromas as well as possible. The initial fermentation process takes place in steel vats, under a controlled temperature of 5Cº, The skins of the grapes remain in the must for a maximum of 6 hours. Further fermentations refine the wine under a controlled temperature of 18Cº in steel vats. In February following the harvest, the wine is bottled and ready for sale. A beautiful fresh white wine with its own character. Straw yellow in color, with intense hints of fruit aromas. The taste is fresh, harmonious, slightly mineral and has a nice finish.

Vermentino is a characteristic grape variety in Liguria, from the Italian island of Sardinia, and also from the French island of Corsica, where it is sometimes called malvoisie de corse. Vermentino is a good quality white grape that usually produces full, powerful wines. These dry white wines can have an interesting intense fruitiness with depth and refinement if they have undergone careful vinification. Vermentino appears to have been imported from Spain in the Middle Ages and was a subspecies of malvasia. This species underwent many mutations, so that there are now about 40 versions of vermentino. Also mistakenly called malvasia.