Antonio Perrino is a garage winemaker. He was one even before the term was taken up in Bordeaux, stripped of its actual meaning and used to formulate a marketing idea and communication strategy, which was then implemented - consistently as always in Bordeaux.
These ideas and strategies passed Perrino by, as did the concentrated and black Merlots that conquered the world from the 1980s onwards as Bordeaux's contribution to the history of wine culture and which also found followers around his home in Dolceacqua in Liguria. He continued to focus on his monastic and pale Rossese, one of the most sublime, delicate and refined red wines in Italy. And on his Vermentino, which, just like its red brother, refused to follow national trends.
Style
Antonio macerates the Vermentino for five days. But - and here we quote the words of others, which could not be more apt - ‘maceration is not intended to give the wine tannins and a heavy chassis, but rather has the function of emphasising its nuances of flavour’ (Castagno & Co.: Vini da Scoprire). The little bit of tannin in the wine is so mellow and fine that it is hardly noticeable - a mixture of mineral substance and acidity is mainly responsible for the structure, which gives the wine pressure and tension and carries it towards the palate. They remain there and a little further down for the next few minutes.
Data sheet
- Grape variety: 100% Vermentino
- Vineyard: Steep single position over Dolceacqua. With a view of the sea and consequently influenced by it. Sandy weathering floors. Old vines (50 years+)
- Harvest: Boxes in 25 kilos by hand
- Fermentation: spontaneous | Wild yeast, without temperature control
- Ageing: 18 months in used wooden barrels, five -day maceration
- Filtration: no
- SO₂: <50mg
- Alcohol content: 13.5% vol
- Closure: Natural corks
- Drinking temperature: 10-12 ° C
- Perfect drinking maturity: From now on - 2028
- Content and price per liter: 0.75 l/(€ 44.87/l)
- All winemakers listed at Vinonudo work in their vineyards with compost, organic fertilizer and natural preparations and do without the use of herbicides, pesticides and artificial fertilizers.
