2025 Lunae - Colli di Luni DOC Vermentino Black Label (750ml)

Lunae is the reference point for Ligurian Vermentino. Paolo Bosoni founded the winery in 1966 in the Colli di Luni, right on the border with Tuscany, and was one of the first to see the grape’s potential. Today his children Diego and Debora carry it forward. Etichetta Nera, the “Black Label,” is their flagship. It’s been made since the 1990s and comes from the estate’s higher hillside vineyards in Castelnuovo Magra and Ortonovo, between the sea and the marble peaks of the Apuan Alps. The 2018 was named Gambero Rosso’s White Wine of the Year, and it’s a perennial Tre Bicchieri winner. Hand-harvested, given a brief skin maceration and raised in stainless steel, the 2025 is pure, sunny Vermentino: ripe peach and apricot, acacia blossom and Mediterranean herbs, with a fresh, juicy palate and a salty, sea-breeze finish. Perfect with pesto, grilled fish, fritto misto or oysters.