Sunday, May 26, 2019

2017 Solechiaro Tenuta Roccaccia Vermentino, Bellwether Heathcote Vermentino


The 2017 Solechiaro Tenuta Roccaccia Vermentino is like a very traditional Sav Blanc in perfume: a cat shifting past a garden of mint. It is a lovely lemon-gold in colour. The palate is full and lengthy but it reminds me of cat's fur. With pepper. And later, toast.
 
Do try the Bellwether Heathcote Vermentino when it is available again in town. Bellwether is associated with Chalmers who also make a Vermentino. As I said in the June CC, the Heathcote Vermentino has elegance and formality, a nut-based perfume, and a lengthy, smooth and silky palate with a citrus feature. Vermentino, if you are unfamiliar with it, is close to a wooded Chardy.

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