Vecchia Torre Salento Vermentino 2021

	beautiful white wine from Puglia
	fresh and full of flavor
	small scale production
	widely applicable: from a drink to asparagus or fish

White wine from Puglia

Freshly dry white wine from Italy with the scent of fine yellow fruit and a little toast. The taste is smooth, pleasant and persistent. Very tasty with fish pasta and salads.

Description

The southern Italian Apulia is best known for the excellent value for money of its red wines. But in recent years there have also been plenty of experiments with planting white grapes. One problem, however, is the fairly high summer temperature in Apulia, which makes the grapes easily overripe and therefore retain little acid.

This is especially true for the chardonnay, which many growers in Apulia regard as the ideal grape despite this disadvantage. The dynamic Vecchia Torre cooperative of the town of Leverano thinks otherwise and in 2006 planted the vermentino on a grape variety that is highly resistant to heat.

The small vineyard of less than ten hectares is located between two hills, which means that there is almost always a cooling wind. As a result, the temperature is lower and the vermentino retains the desired fresh taste and fruitiness. In addition, substantial investments have been made in equipment that cools the tanks with white wine sustainably, powered by electricity from solar panels.

Vecchia Torre also limits the yield in the vineyard, which gives the wine a special quality. This small-scale produced white wine has been very successful since its introduction and tastes significantly more exclusive than the price suggests.