Golden Grove has a textured section on their label around the GG representing the winery's name. Black, stripes of bone and white, and a dull gold for the initials. It's ok, a bit too elaborate for my minimalist taste, but could be described as elegant in an understated School-of-Fontainebleau way. Vermetino is still quite rare in Australia, so it's good for me to see it here, relatively locally, for vermentino is a gorgeous grape. It's another first for GG. Vermentino is a Sardinian and GG is run by the Italian Costanza family, particularly influenced by a 'young gun'. The vermentino is in limited release of 150 bottles which, as I write, must be reducing rapidly. This v is a limed-white lemon-gold in colour (so it has the intriguing hint of lime), very pale, and clear. It has an orange blossom perfume, maybe persimmon, and pine. Sweet, sharp and strong. There is orange on the gingerish palate. It's thickish in its mouthful, buttery, dry and tangy, with a long finish. It's a beautiful drink because it has some body and lushness.
But there is now a 2011, which 'will improve for 3 to 4 years'. $26.00.
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