Vermentino - Bruna

The Vermentino DOC by Bruna is the younger sibling of the Pigato Maje — same producer, same territory, same artisan approach respectful of the Ligurian western Riviera, but with a different variety and a more immediate and lighter style. If the Pigato is the characterful Ligurian white with its herbal and Mediterranean complexity, Bruna's Vermentino is the wine of immediate freshness, summer lightness and easy-drinking pleasure.

Bruna is one of the historic wineries of the Riviera Ligure di Ponente — a family estate that has worked the indigenous Ligurian varieties for generations with dedication and respect for a difficult and beautiful territory of terraced vineyards above the sea, lean and stony soils and a Mediterranean light that gives the wines a unique sapidity and minerality. Ligurian Vermentino is genetically different from Sardinian Vermentino di Gallura — lighter, more floral, less powerful, with a freshness and aromatic delicacy that make it the ideal white for the delicate fish dishes of Ligurian cuisine.

Vinification is essential and quick to preserve all the fresh character of the 2024 harvest: soft pressing, fermentation in stainless steel at controlled temperature, 3 months on fine lees in stainless steel and 3 months in bottle. A wine to drink young, within 2 to 3 years of the harvest, when all the aromatic freshness is still intact and lively.

On the nose it is delicate and inviting: fresh white flowers, white peach, green apple, lemon, light Ligurian herbs (fresh basil, marjoram), a marine hint of sea salt and a subtle mineral note. On the palate it is light and fluid — a lively and precise fresh acidity, a pleasant and persistent marine salinity, an almost ethereal texture and a clean and brief finish with floral and citrus notes. The white to take to the beach, to open on the terrace at sunset, to drink with freshly caught fish. Liguria in a glass in its most immediate and accessible form.

At €18 for a Ligurian DOC Vermentino from a reference artisan producer with the very fresh 2024 vintage, this is the perfect summer white wine.