(2024) Nicolò Carrera describes this vintage as 'complicated' and very dry and hot, with almost no rain in July and August, but September was fine and really suited their white wine grapes. This new wines is a Vermentino designed to be fresh and drinkable, but also worthy of ageing. Made in a combination of ceramic eggs and barriques. Small, creamy and nutty notes over ripe yellow apples, some interesting perfumed highlights that are floral and herbal. There's a feeling of lime and Ogen melon skins too. Lovely texture. mouth-filling, with very good freshness, lots of lemon juice and orange brightness. Pre-release sample at time of review, only 3,000 bottles produced. Please use the wine-searcher link below for prices and availability.

(2024) Made from a single vineyard of late-harvested Vermentino co-planted with 15% Viognier, harvested around three week later than normal. It spends three months on the lees. There's a delicious edge of pineapple-like tropical fruit on the nose, the Viognier perhaps enhancing that exotic and floral appeal. Luscious honeyed notes and a hint of marzipan also suggest dessert wine sweetness, and yet the wine is dry with some edge and extract, giving a much more lime skin sense of grip and waxy/saline concentration. That hint of tropical fruit gives a balance of real charm and considerable intensity.

(2015) Querciabella Labelled as a Toscana IGT (so a white 'Super-Tuscan' in effect), Querciabella's homage to Bâtard-Montrachet has always been one of Italy's best white wines. It's expensive, but each time I have tasted it, it has never failed to impress. A blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc, it is fermented and aged in French barriques, 30% of which are new. It has a haunting, beautiful fragrance, all the floral charm and subtle oatmeal richness, refined and agile mineral balance and such a flood of peachy fruit on the palate. Immensely fresh, but with almond, subtle honey, and terrific balancing acidity. Delicious, complex and understated, this is indeed a great white wine.

(2010) Vernaccia is the grape, and makes white wines, mostly very crisp and dry - a bit like Chablis in style, sometimes with a very slight spritz (though not sparkling). San Gimignano is a beautiful hilltop village in Tuscany. The Montenidoli estate is owned by Elisabetta Fagiuoli, who farms olives and grapes. The cuvée Fiore is made from free-run juice. Fermented in cement tanks, and sees no oak. It had a wonderfully crisp, zesty and appealing nose, with little mineral and herbal nuances dancing around lemon fruit. On the palate it is beautifully focused, and seared through the Colonnata fat, whilst not overpowering the delicate langoustine.

(2009) From magnum. There's a hint of pineapple, tropical fruit and plenty of oatmeal and little crushed almond notes. The palate has a very fresh but ripe apple and pear fruit, with very clean lemon zest qualities and a long, cool finish with shimmering acidity.

(2004) Beginning to lose its youthful oakiness and develop some intriguing herbal notes. The oak on the palate is nicely integrated with appealing mouth-feel and texture.