Our Take: A polished expression of Vernaccia di San Gimignano: straw-yellow in the glass with a refined, elegant bouquet. Bright citrus and light white-flower aromas lead into a palate that’s fresh, sapid and mineral, with fine persistence and a gentle roundness from lees ageing — seamless and food-friendly with a clean, lingering finish.

Fiore is the most elegant and finessed of the Montenidoli whites. It is entirely free run juice from the harvest, no press juice is included so the texture is more elegant in weight and finessed. Long aging on the lees in steel tanks rounds the wine's edges out and adds more texture. It is the purest, most unadulturated expression of Vernaccia di San Gimignano you can find.