Piero Mancini Vermentino di Gallura 2022

Our latest restaurant wine list favorite is mesmerizing little Vermentino from Piero Mancini. Why is Vermentino at the top of so many Michelin-starred wine lists?

Well – there’s a very special thing that happens when Vermentino is grown in the proper place, within the nearly constant salt water sea breezes. It takes on a salty, minerality that helps it pair so beautifully with great cuisine. Take it one step further and pair it with fresh seafood – and the whole experience is just lights out.

Nowhere is Vermentino better than within the Gallura region in Sardinia and few if any in Sardinia do it better than Piero Mancini. The prized jewel of his lineup, the Vermentino di Gallura, is a wonderful expression of the unique terroir from which its created– granite dominated soil set near the ocean in the Mediterranean.

It’s a glowing wine- one that is simply delightful to drink. Bright, vibrant notes of white peach, nectarine and candied apple with hints of the ocean brine, a chiseled backbone and a wonderfully tight finish. Vinous wrote that the wine “excites the imagination” before concluding by saying it’s the kind of nuanced white that “keeps the mouth watering for more”