Vecchia Torre Salento Vermentino 2021/22

	beautiful white wine from Puglia
	fresh and full of flavour
	small-scale production
	widely applicable: from drinks to asparagus or fish

White wine from Puglia

Crisp dry white wine from Italy with the scent of fine yellow fruit and some 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 price-quality ratio of its red wines. But in recent years there has also been plenty of experimentation with the planting of white grapes. A problem, however, is the rather high summer temperature in Apulia, which means that the grapes easily become overripe and therefore retain little acidity.

This applies in particular to the Chardonnay, which many growers in Apulia consider to be the ideal grape despite this disadvantage. The dynamic cooperative Vecchia Torre of the town of Leverano thinks otherwise and in 2006 planted the vermentino from a grape variety that is resistant to heat.

The small vineyard of less than ten hectares is located between two hills, so there is almost a constant 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 white wine has been very successful since its introduction and tastes significantly more exclusive than the price suggests.