Chalmers Heathcote Vermentino

The Chalmers family pioneered this versatile Sardinian white variety in Australia releasing Australia’s first home-grown wine from the variety in 2004, a wine that was recently cited by Max Allen in Gourmet Traveller magazine as one of the top 20 Australian wines of the past twenty years. There are now almost 60 producers working with vermentino, growing and crafting some amazing wines from a variety which is clearly thriving in many of Australia’s warmer growing regions.  

Delicate yet savoury, the 2012 Chalmers vermentino has a nose of clean florals and wet stones. The palate has generosity but still exhibits minerally acidity and a distinct herbal quality, balancing white peach and citrusy fruit with a zesty, dry finish.