Maixei Riviera Ligure di Ponente Vermentino 2024 070226ROBUST with yellow fruit and white

with yellow fruit and white peach dancing across wet stone and slate minerality

and the wine that results is unmistakably Roussanne in fruit profile but cut with a cool

not conquest—built to age gracefully for years to come

highly approachable handshake into the world of skin-contact orange wines

Montmains sits on the left bank with a southeast-facing slope steep enough to demand attention

Maixei Riviera Ligure di Ponente Vermentino 2024 070226ROBUST with yellow fruit and whiteClose your eyes and take a sip of this coastal Italian beauty, and you might just feel the Mediterranean sea breeze. Grown on the rugged, sun drenched terraces of western Liguria, this brilliant Vermentino offers an aromatic wave of Meyer lemon, white peach, and wild sage. The texture is wonderfully crisp and energetic, finishing with a lingering, salty minerality that practically begs for fresh seafood. It is the ultimate pairing for a heaping plate