Vermentino 2022 - Le Rocche del Gatto

Vermentino - The Rocche del Gatto

The Vermentino di Rocche del Gatto is a macerated white wine obtained from Vermentino grapes, which come from the hinterland of Albenga, in the municipalities of Vessalico and Borghetto d'Arroscia. After harvesting the grapes, ferment for three weeks in contact with the skins with temperature control in order to protect the primary perfumes, giving it more minerality and a more complex and harmonious aroma. Refine in steel tanks with a long stay on the noble scum. The Vermentino is deep golden yellow. The nose has intense aromas of dried fruit, dried apricots, dates, hints of minerals and aromatic herbs, puffs of hydrocarbons. At the sip it is warm and enveloping, with a tannic perception due to maceration, soft, good freshness and flavor. The Vermentino di Rocche del Gatto is a unique wine that can challenge time.

Service

We recommend tasting it at a temperature of 10/12 ° in tulip glasses. Daily wine but holds the time very well.

Pairing

Excellent as an aperitif, it goes well with fish dishes and fresh cheeses, to try with rofie al pesto.

Cellar: The Rocche del Gatto

The Le Rocche del Gatto company is located in Liguria in the hinterland of Albenga, nestled in the Bastia hills that surround the Albenga plain. The owner of the company is Fausto De Andreis with a past at Olivetti in Ivrea, who in 1982 gave up everything to devote himself to what he loves most in life. Thus begins the adventure of Le Rocche del Gatto, a name chosen in honor of his wife Caterina, always surrounded by a flood of cats. In seven hectares, Fausto cultivates cultivates Ligurian vines such as Pigato, Vermentino, Rossese and Ormeasco. One of its most famous wines is certainly Spigau, a white wine which is macerated on the skins for a few days in order to have a more complex aromaticity. Today the Le Rocche del Gatto company produces about 75 thousand bottles a year. The wines of Le Rocche del Gatto are austere and complex, far from the classic Ligurian wines and closer to the stylistic canons of wine areas such as the Moselle. Over the years they acquire hints of hydrocarbons and toasted always maintaining a lively acidity. Never banal wines that have become cult among enthusiasts.