Vernaccia di San Gimignano Wine Experience ★ 4.4
The consortium tasting room inside the medieval Rocca di Montestaffoli at the top of San Gimignano. Sommelier-led flights cover the DOCG Vernaccia plus the San Gimignano Rosso DOC.
3 editor-picked estates growing Vernaccia di San Gimignano in Tuscany.
Where to taste Vernaccia di San Gimignano in Tuscany: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
The consortium tasting room inside the medieval Rocca di Montestaffoli at the top of San Gimignano. Sommelier-led flights cover the DOCG Vernaccia plus the San Gimignano Rosso DOC.
The Panizzi reference Vernaccia bottling pours bitter-almond, citrus pith and saline notes. The benchmark producer of Tuscany only DOCG white, often under fifteen euros retail.
Tip: Drink it young and chilled with fritto misto di mare; the Riserva (around 20 euros) rewards two to three years of cellar.
Family-run Cesani estate has bottled Vernaccia since 1980. Saline, lemon-zest annata that pours at the cellar for around twelve euros, a textbook Tuscan white at budget.
Tip: Cellar visits at Pancole pair the Vernaccia with the estate's organic olive oil and chickpea pasta.
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