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Tenuta Selvadolce

Rebosso Vermentino 2020

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Tasting notes

Rebosso delivers everything coastal Liguria does best: saline mineral tension, citrus-driven brightness, and the unmistakable bitter almond finish of Vermentino grown close to the sea. Twenty months on fine lees in concrete adds texture without obscuring the wine's terroir-driven salinity and cut.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Lemon PeelAlmondSea SaltWhite Peach
  • Style: Dry, full-bodied white; straw gold; citrus, saline, almond; 14.5% ABV
  • Grapes & Terroir: 100% Vermentino; biodynamic; calcareous-clay soils; terraced, south-facing at ~150m; Bordighera hills, western Liguria
  • Winemaking: Hand-harvested; spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel; 20 months on fine lees in concrete; unfined, unfiltered; minimal sulfites
  • Serving: Serve at 50-54°F; no decanting needed; drink now through 2025
  • Pairing: Raw shellfish, branzino, trofie al pesto, seafood pasta, fresh goat cheese
  • Similar To: For fans of mineral-driven, saline whites like Vermentino di Gallura or coastal Sardinian whites

Rebosso is 100% Vermentino from Tenuta Selvadolce's terraced vineyards on the hills above Bordighera, in the far western corner of Liguria near the French border. The vines are trained in Guyot at a density of 7,000 plants per hectare on calcareous-clay soils at roughly 150 meters above sea level. The estate's south-facing terraces are built on dry-stone walls and catch constant sea breezes off the Ligurian coast, with the Mistral wind periodically depositing microscopic sea-salt crystals on the canopy.

Grapes are harvested by hand with selection in the vineyard. Fermentation is spontaneous using only indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. The wine then moves to concrete vats where it rests on its fine lees for approximately 20 months before bottling without fining or filtration. Sulfite additions are minimal.

In the glass, Rebosso shows the classic Ligurian-Vermentino profile: straw-gold color, citrus pith and white stone fruit on the nose, with herbal Mediterranean scrub notes and a distinct iodine-saline lift. The palate is dry, full, and driven by a firm acid-salt backbone, finishing with the bitter almond note typical of Vermentino at this latitude.

The appellation is Terrazze dell'Imperiese IGT, the designation used for wines from the hills of the Imperia province that fall outside the stricter Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC parameters. Annual production is approximately 2,000 bottles.

Built for Ligurian seafood: raw shellfish, branzino with herbs, and seafood pasta all work well. The wine's saline backbone and bitter almond finish also hold up against pesto-dressed dishes like trofie al pesto. It can handle a soft fresh goat cheese or mild aged sheep's milk cheese from Liguria.

Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, White Wine
Wine Style:, Full Body
Grapes:, Vermentino
Farming:, Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:, 2020
Alcohol:, 14.5%
Country:, Italy
Region:, Liguria
Appellation:, Terrazze dell'Imperiese IGT
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

Tenuta Selvadolce

Tenuta Selvadolce is located at Via Selvadolce 14 in Bordighera, in the Imperia province of western Liguria, a few kilometers from the French border. The property spans approximately 7 hectares and was originally a commercial floriculture operation run by the Blancardi family for several generations. The vineyards were first planted in the mid-1970s by Aris Blancardi's grandfather, using local varieties including Vermentino and Pigato.

In 2004, Aris Blancardi, a trained veterinarian, converted the estate entirely to biodynamic farming after completing coursework in viticulture and horticulture and studying alongside Nicolas Joly, a key figure in biodynamic viticulture. The first wine vintage was released in 2007. The estate applies biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 in the vineyard, uses no pesticides, no synthetic fertilizers, and does not irrigate. The estate is classified under heroic viticulture given the steep, terraced terrain that requires entirely manual labor.

In the cellar, Aris takes an equally non-interventionist approach. All fermentations are spontaneous, driven by indigenous yeasts. No fining agents are used and wines are bottled without filtration. For Rebosso, fermentation takes place in stainless steel, followed by extended lees aging in concrete vats for approximately 20 months. Sulfite additions are minimal. Annual production of Rebosso is approximately 2,000 bottles.

Wine region

Liguria, Italy

Liguria is a crescent-shaped coastal strip in northwestern Italy running roughly 250 kilometers along the Mediterranean from the French border in the west to La Spezia in the east. It is Italy's second-smallest wine region by vineyard area, with about 6,000 hectares under vine. The terrain is almost entirely mountainous: the Alps and Apennines fall steeply to the sea, forcing viticulture onto narrow terraced slopes that in many cases can only be worked by hand. The Mediterranean moderates temperatures year-round, while the mountains protect the coast from cold northern air, creating conditions warm enough to ripen late varieties like Vermentino fully.

The western sub-zone, Riviera di Ponente, centered on the province of Imperia, is the source of the region's most structured whites. Vermentino and Pigato (a local biotype of Vermentino) dominate white production here, with the Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC covering varietal bottlings from this area. Wines from hillside sites that fall outside DOC parameters are classified as Terrazze dell'Imperiese IGT. Soils across the province are predominantly calcareous-clay. The Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC, just east of Bordighera, covers the region's best-known red from the indigenous Rossese grape.

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