BASILE Arteteca - Vermentino
2024 • 750ml • 12.5%
- Italy > Tuscany > Montecucco
- Vermentino
- Saffron Risotto
Ultra dry and ultra refreshing. Whiffs of dried grasses, sea salt and chamomile with a pristine palate of remarkable tension and a crunch texture and flavours of ripe yellow peach, honeysuckle and basil.
COLIN'S NOTE
Virgin vineyard land that's never had a drop of herbicide or pesticide on it was what pulled Giovan Basile to this estate high in the Montecucco hills.
IN SHORT
Pure, dry, organic - a gem
BASILE
Basile has been making organic wine in the hills of Maremma since 1999 — long before it was trendy. Giovan Battista Basile took over an abandoned estate and, together with his family and winemaker Maurizio Saettini, turned it into a thriving patch of vines surrounded by wild Tuscan woodland. Everything here is hands-on: no weedkillers, horse manure for fertiliser, hand-harvested grapes and small-batch winemaking in oak and steel. From pure Sangiovese to crisp Vermentino blends, the wines are elegant, honest and a true taste of southern Tuscany — proof that respect for land and family can make bottles sing.
