Wines made from Vermentino grapes of San Gimignano
Discover the best wines made with Vermentino as a single variety or as a blend of San Gimignano.
Nervy, saline whites with cutting acidity and enveloping richness, showing aromas of grapefruit, lime, pear, white flowers, fresh almond, fennel and marine iodine notes. Slightly bitter finish. Star of Sardinia (Vermentino di Gallura DOCG), Liguria, coastal Tuscany (Bolgheri) and Corsica. Also in Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon as Rolle. An autochthonous Mediterranean variety.
Medieval Tuscan town with famous towers, vineyards at 200-400 m on clay-limestone hills (Siena). Vernaccia di San Gimignano white king (indigenous noted from 1276, Italy's first DOC in 1966, DOCG 1993): crisp and floral with green apple, citrus, fresh almond and mineral touch, slightly bitter finish — precise and upright. Chianti Colli Senesi and San Gimignano Rosso in fruity Sangiovese. Elegant whites at the Tuscan table.