Castelprile 'Prelius' Vermentino Maremma Toscana DOC, 2024 fairfield county and chalky minerality

and chalky minerality

• Distilled 6x from Sugar Cane and Charcoal Filtered

a white wine made from red grapes

as the wine region was historically worked by Priories

Producers are bottling again

Castelprile 'Prelius' Vermentino Maremma Toscana DOC, 2024 fairfield county and chalky mineralityThis wine is made of 100% Vermentino. We would pair it with a Roman pasta dish like cacio e pepe or Pasta alla Gricia. Prelius was the name of an ancient coastal lake that has disappeared due to drainage beginning in the 1930's. Now, what is left of the lake makes up the shores of Maremma Toscana DOC around the town of Grosseto. Cool afternoon breezes that come in from the ocean allow the grapes to remain their sharp acidity and fruit. The wine is