Riva De Rosa Vermentino Toscana 750ml

$22.00

Riva de la Rosa is an Italian label built around easy, well-made coastal wines, and this Vermentino Toscana IGT is its calling card. The blend is 95 percent Vermentino with a splash of Petit Manseng, grown along Tuscany's sunny coast where sea air keeps everything fresh. Vermentino from here picks up a saline edge that makes it a natural with seafood. Crisp, light and honest, priced for weeknights and built for porch season.

Bright straw color. Citrus, peach and pear with white flowers and a hint of Mediterranean herbs. Crisp and light-bodied, lively acidity, saline minerality, a smooth stone-tinged finish.

Linguine with clams, fried calamari, a lemony green salad. Anything you would happily eat within sight of the water.

Fruit comes from coastal Tuscan vineyards where maritime influence preserves acidity and adds the salty note on the finish. Bottled under the Toscana IGT designation at 12.5 percent alcohol.