Riviera Ligure di Ponente Vermentino

DENOMINAZIONE DI ORIGINE CONTROLLATA

- Origini : this vine was imported from Spain, precisely from Aragon, in 1390, during the domination of the Aragonese, first passing through Corsica and the Iberian domination in Sardinia. Other authors claim that it arrived in Italy much earlier.
- Features: medium-large, pentagonal, five-lobed leaf, glabrous, smooth upper surface, dark green in color. Medium or medium-large bunch, mostly cylindrical-conical, but also pyramidal, sometimes winged, with short and robust peduncle, medium sparse. Medium-large grape, spheroidal, regular, with pruinose skin, fairly consistent, amber-yellow or greenish-yellow in color, rich in pulp.

Grapevine: vermentino
Area of production: Costarainera, San Lorenzo al Mare, Bussana di Sanremo
Total production vintage 2009: hl 26,15
Age of vines (average): 20 years
Altitude (average): 180 meters above sea level
Breeding system: guyot
Production for HA: 80-85 ql.
harvest: dopor September 20
winemaking: in white, soft pressing, use of selected yeasts
Fermentation: at controlled temperature
Aging: 6 months in steel, minimum 2 months of aging in bottle
Alcoholic Degrees: 12,5%
Total acidity: 5,5 per thousand
Color: straw yellow
AROMA: floral-herbaceous-fruity
Revolutionary: fresh - balanced - harmonic It is recommended to taste it in the two years following the harvest and to serve it at a temperature of 8-12 degrees
pairings: seafood appetizers, stuffed vegetables, lasagna with pesto, risotto with cuttlefish ink, fish ravioli, Ligurian-style baked fish.
Il colore of the wine that is obtained from vermentino it is more or less intense straw yellow, with possible golden or greenish reflections. The bouquet is large, with hints of cedar and aromatic herbs (sage, rosemary) and reminiscent of ripe yellow peach, apricot, fragrances of Mediterranean scrub, broom, wild flowers and a hint of honey. The perfume, therefore, turns out to be fruity and vegetal, and the gustatory structure is based on pleasant savory and fresh notes, with softness and pseudo sensationsdocdiscrete and medium-structured alorics. The flavor is dry, fresh, but harmonious, with nuances reminiscent of almonds. In the mouth it is dry, quite soft and with a good alcoholic component. White grape variety that outlines, together with Pigato, from an oenological point of view the Ligurian region as it “requires” pleasant and fragrant wines to be paired with delicious seafood products. The Vermentino in the Ponente area it expresses itself with important alcoholic notes while maintaining good freshness and flavor. The typology "Vermentino”Falls as a geographical sub-denomination in D.O.C. “Riviera Ligure di Ponente” gives its best results when grown in coastal areas.
gradation minimum alcohol content of 11 vol. %; minimum acidity of 5 per thousand. It is a wine to be drunk young (maximum aging of one year) and should be served at a temperature of 10-12 °.
pairings : wine suitable to accompany a wide range of courses such as seafood appetizers, stuffed vegetables, pansotti with walnut sauce, lasagna with pesto, risotto with cuttlefish ink, fish ravioli in broth, boiled or baked sea bass.