Vermentino di Gallura 'Funtanaliras Oro' Cantina del Vermentino 2025
The Vermentino "Funtanaliras" is a fresh and light white wine, soft and fruity, with pleasant and fragrant aromas of apple, almonds, fresh fruit, and acacia flowers. Ideal for pairing with simple fish dishes or as an aperitif
The Vermentino di Gallura “Funtanaliras Oro” from the Cantina del Vermentino is a white wine fresh, light, and pleasantly fruity produced in Monti, in the province of Olbia, in Sardinia. This label is made from pure Vermentino grapes sourced from vineyards grown on medium hills, in an area strongly exposed to winds that mitigate the hot summer climate, at an altitude between 350 and 500 meters. The vines, which vary in age, are trained using the espalier method on soils characterized by rocky granitic disintegration. The winery is a cooperative entity that counts on 200 contributing members and about 600 hectares of vineyards extending across the Gallura territories, in the municipalities of Monti, Telti, Olbia, Loiri, Porto San Paolo, Berchidda, and Calangianus.
The “Funtanaliras Oro” Vermentino di Gallura from Cantina del Vermentino is produced with carefully selected grapes harvested at the moment of perfect ripeness. The bunches, upon reaching the winery, are gently pressed and then undergo alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks for several weeks.Subsequently, the wine undergoes racking and any clarifications if necessary, after which it remains in aging for some months in stainless steel containers before being bottled and finally ready for market release.
The Vermentino di Gallura “Funtanaliras Oro” presents itself with a pale straw yellow color with light greenish reflections. On the nose, intense aromas of yellow-fleshed fruit and exotic fruit emerge, including peach, quince, and banana, floral notes of jasmine, acacia flowers, and aromatic herbs, then shifting to slight mineral hints and dried fruit, such as almond. On the palate, it is soft, dry, delicate, and enveloping, characterized by a beautiful freshness and an almond finish. This white wine from the Vermentino winery is a pleasant wine whose harmony lies in the balance between mineral salinity and juicy sweetness of the fruit. "It carries the scent of the bitter flowers of the woods and the almond trees, and its name has an ancient sound." This Vermentino with such a singular name is truly the emblem of Sardinian Vermentino.