2011 La Ginestraia Vermentino Riviera Ligure di Ponente

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  11/27/2013 - djdaqm Likes this wine: 88 Points

  This wine got great reviews from James Suckling (91 I think) and the wine retailer. While I enjoyed it, I don't think it quite lived up to the billing. Drank with a Chinese vegetarian hot-pot. I little herbaceous on the nose with maybe lemongrass. On the palate it has good acidity and a slightly rustic quality, which I like in general. Not particularly long or complex, or interesting for that matter.

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  6/19/2013 - Snoman Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Clear and clean, nose and palate show white peach, melon and green apple notes in a crisp and refreshing food-friendy fashion that leaves with a long and lip-smacking finish. Beautiful winemaking shows through, in perfect balance with nice flavor intensity.

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  5/4/2013 - Pipcelot Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Billed by the distributor as the perfect wine for pesto but it's much more than that. Grass, citrus, melon, apricots, pears are all there. And very tasty, too. A versatile wine that can be drunk alone or with food. An excellent buy for 17 bones.

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  3/26/2013 - Snoman Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Light straw in glass, with some warmth, aromas of pear and melon emerge, which carry to palate with flavors of lemongrass and almond. Nicely balanced with a touch of slate and acidity, a rich mouthfeel and a medium-long finish. Ligurnian Pigato (Vermentino) is quite different from Tuscan examples, and this producer offfers up an outstanding example.

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  3/3/2013 - Snoman wrote: 92 Points

  Very light staw color, with aromatic floral and tropical fruit notes, the palate opens with a rich mouthfeel and flavors of honeydew melon, llime and chalk, framed by crisp acidity and a medium-long lip-smacking finish. Terrific balance, rich fruit, complex minerality and just delicious.

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