2021 Patritti Merchant Series Vermentino, Adelaide Hills

Light to medium straw in colour with a green tinge. Fruit aromatics of lime, peach skin, grapefruit and green apple combine with complex characters reminiscent of baked tarts are derived from extended maturation on yeast lees. The palate is structured and layered with a creamy texture. Citrus and peach flavours abound as the finish tightens with a subtle and balanced phenolic kick that helps to make this a very food friendly wine.
 
Usually a warm climate variety, Vermentino vines tend to be vigorous making them ideal for the less fertile soils at high elevation as found in the Adelaide Hills. Generally a dry, light-bodied wine with lively white peach, pear and citrus flavours on the palate. Finer examples have a slight oiliness that adds palate weight and complexity to the finished wine. 
 
Trophy winner of the Adelaide Hills Wine Show 'Best Other White' 2022. Bronze Medal at Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2022
 
When Giovanni Patritti sailed from Genoa, Italy in 1925, he thought he was destined for California in the USA, where he would meet his sister. Mistakenly, he boarded The Palermo, bound for Port Adelaide. Thus accidentally marking the start of the Patritti story in Australia.