DOC White

Tenuta Di Vaira Caccia al Palazzo Bolgheri Vermentino

Tenuta Di Vaira
Grape
Vermentino
Denomination
Bolgheri DOC
Region
Tuscany
ABV
13.5%
Drink
Now to 2028

A pure Vermentino from a family estate in Bolgheri, made only in steel so the fruit stays bright. Lemon, white peach and a salty, stony edge. The 2024 took Gold and 91 points at Vinum's Top of Toskana. Drink it young, with shellfish.

Price
£17.20 Save 20%

2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Where to buy Bolgheri DOC Vermentino Caccia al Palazzo Tenuta di Vaira

£17.20 price · 1 retailer in stock · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Tasting Notes

What Tenuta Di Vaira's Bolgheri Vermentino tastes like

Steel only, no oak, and picked at the end of August to hold the acidity high. The 2025 shows broom flower, apple and stone fruit.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
31 August 2026
Vintage in glass
2025
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Vermentino
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Lemon and lemon leaf lead, as the estate's own note has it. Behind them sit white peach and a dry, straw-like note. The 2025 adds broom flower and stone fruit.

LemonLemon
ElderflowerElderflower
AppleApple
GooseberryGooseberry
MelonMelon
White peachWhite peach
StrawStraw
Wet stonesWet stones
Palate

Fresh and savoury, with the brisk acidity the wine is built on. Picking at the end of August and keeping it in steel, never oak, is what holds that line. Apple, peach and melon are the fruits, over a stony, slightly salty base.

Finish

Clean and mineral, and it carries longer than the price suggests. The length is good, and the 2024 keeps its freshness and finesse right to the end, as Vinum's tasters found.

Overall

A drink-now white from a family estate that has farmed Bolgheri for over 70 years. A well-liked everyday white, though the 2025 is fairly neutral.

Drink now Best by 2028
Live UK pricing

What a bottle of Caccia al Palazzo costs

Worldwide the average price is near 13 euros a bottle before tax. On this site the wine sits mid-pack among Bolgheri whites, which run from 16 to 54 pounds.

Best price · 75 cl £17.20 at Vino.com
75cl available from Vino.com The only UK shop we track with 75cl in stock
Vintages live 2025 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl basis) £22.93 Lowest current 75cl offer
Last checked 25 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Caccia al Palazzo scores on our six measures

The scores come from the wine's own facts: 13.5% alcohol, no oak, a Bolgheri DOC white built for early drinking, and a shelf price near the middle of its peers.

Best with food 8.5/10

High acidity, a medium body and no oak make it flexible: shellfish, fried fish, herb-led vegetables and plain white meat all work.

Best intro to this style 8.2/10

One grape, no oak and a clear citrus profile make it easy to read, and buyers like it.

Best everyday bottle 7.6/10

It is built for drinking now rather than keeping, though at 22 pounds it is a treat-night bottle more than a Tuesday one.

Best value 7.0/10

At 22 pounds it sits on the median of the fifteen Bolgheri whites we list, which run from 16 to 54, and the current offer puts it below that line.

Best for an occasion 5.5/10

Bolgheri's name carries weight and the 2024 took Gold at Vinum's Top of Toskana, but this is the estate's everyday white, not its flagship.

Best for cellar 2.5/10

The estate says drink it young, up to three years, and Bolgheri DOC sets no ageing rule for its whites.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Bolgheri in five fields

A compact view of what the Bolgheri denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
5 varieties listed
This bottle: Vermentino.
Minimum ageing
No statutory minimum
Producers release on their own schedule; 4 to 6 months in steel is typical.
Region / area
Livorno
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOC · Bolgheri
Minimum ABV at this colour: 11.5%.
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
What that means →
Vintages

Bolgheri 2025: a wet winter, then a warm dry June

Rain ran above average through the summer and the grapes started to colour a week early, so ripening was even. Tenuta Di Vaira picked at the end of August.

2025 Current release
Best price
£17.20
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now through 2028

Bolgheri had a wet winter, a warm dry June, then a mild summer with steady rain. The grapes ripened evenly and about a week early, and James Suckling found the 2025 light-bodied, with crisp acidity and fragrant fruit.

2025 Current release
Best price
£17.20
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now through 2028

Bolgheri had a wet winter, a warm dry June, then a mild summer with steady rain. The grapes ripened evenly and about a week early, and James Suckling found the 2025 light-bodied, with crisp acidity and fragrant fruit.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Where Tenuta Di Vaira sits inside Bolgheri DOC

Bolgheri is a small coastal zone in the province of Livorno, famous for its reds. The Di Vaira family has been here over 70 years and works three separate plots, one of them at Grattamacco.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Bolgheri is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 5 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Yield ceiling. 9.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Minimum ABV. 11.5% vol
  • Minimum ageing. No statutory minimum - producers release on their own schedule
  • Tasting panel. Mandatory pre-release tasting commission
03

Region and area context

Bolgheri falls within Tuscany, covering Livorno.

Bolgheri DOC zone The producer Wine route in the zone

Made at Tenuta Di Vaira, Bolgheri. Directions

Wine route in the zone: Strada del Vino Costa degli Etruschi.

04

Reading the label

  • Tenuta Di VairaProducer / estate
  • VermentinoGrape varieties
  • Bolgheri DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 13.5% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Bolgheri DOC Vermentino Caccia al Palazzo Tenuta di Vaira

Tracked from
£17.20
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
5 up / 1 down
Main factor
Vineyard land inside Bolgheri DOC, a small zone made famous by its reds
  1. 01

    Vineyard land inside Bolgheri DOC, a small zone made famous by its reds

    Cost up

    Bolgheri covers one short stretch of coast in the province of Livorno. Its fame rests on its reds, and that pushes up the cost of any vineyard inside the boundary, whatever colour the wine is.

  2. 02

    Three separate small plots, one of them at Grattamacco

    Cost up

    The estate splits its vines between land below the Rocca di Castiglioncello di Bolgheri, a strip by the Via Aurelia and a plot at Grattamacco. Scattered holdings cost more per bottle to work than one block.

  3. 03

    Steel only, no barrels and no long cellar stay

    Cost down

    The wine ferments and rests in temperature-controlled steel, with no oak at any stage. That takes barrel purchase and years of cellar space out of the cost, which is why it lands near 20 pounds and not 50.

  4. 04

    UK duty and VAT on a 13.5% bottle

    Cost up

    UK duty has been 30.62 pounds per litre of pure alcohol since 1 February 2026, which is 3.10 on this 750ml bottle at 13.5%. Add 20% VAT and about 6.20 of the 18.70 offer price is tax.

  5. 05

    Picking at the end of August, earlier than most of Bolgheri

    Cost up

    Tenuta Di Vaira picks at the end of August. Antinori's Bolgheri Vermentino ran into mid-September in 2025, so this estate is picking early to hold acidity, and an early window leaves less room to wait out bad weather.

  6. 06

    Gold and 91 points at Vinum's Top of Toskana for the 2024

    Cost up

    The 2024 took Gold and 91 points at Vinum's Top of Toskana tasting in Zurich in October 2025 and joined the magazine's Top 600 list. Awards firm up what a small estate can ask.

01

Vineyard land inside Bolgheri DOC, a small zone made famous by its reds

Cost up

Bolgheri covers one short stretch of coast in the province of Livorno. Its fame rests on its reds, and that pushes up the cost of any vineyard inside the boundary, whatever colour the wine is.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Focaccia di Recco, plated

Focaccia di Recco
Coniglio alla ligure on stoneware bowl with Garlic, Olive, Olive Oil

Coniglio alla ligure
Insalata Caprese on stoneware bowl with Basil, mozzarella, Olive Oil

Insalata Caprese
Potted Shrimp, plated

Potted Shrimp
Aloo gobi, plated

Aloo gobi
Food Pairing

Sharp acidity and a salty edge: what fits this Vermentino

The estate serves it at 10°C with shellfish. Pasta, lean fish and cured meats work too, and the matches below follow both.

Acidity matching Strong match

Seafood pasta and shellfish

The acidity is high enough to cut brine and butter without flattening the shellfish. That is the match the estate puts first: shellfish and seafood first courses. Steel ageing keeps the wine clean, so nothing gets in the way.

Try with: Fregula ai frutti di mare · Impepata di cozze · Polenta e schie · Squid ink risotto · More pairings →

Salt balance Strong match

Salt cod and cured meats

Salt makes acidity taste softer and fruit taste riper, so a salty plate flatters this wine. Cured meats are among the most common matches for it. The stony, slightly salty edge meets that food halfway instead of fighting it.

Try with: Baccala Mantecato · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Polenta e schie · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Fried fish and fritters

Frying coats the mouth and this acidity strips it back between bites. Deep-fried squid and courgette in crisp batter are the plates to try. At 13.5% the alcohol stays low enough not to add heat to hot oil.

Try with: Gnocco fritto · Panzerotti · Sciatt valtellinesi · Salt and pepper squid · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Basil, herbs and green vegetables

The nose runs to lemon leaf and dry straw, so herb-led food echoes it rather than clashing. Vegetarian dishes sit at the top of the list for this wine. Keep vinegar out of the dressing and the match holds.

Try with: Trofie al pesto · Torta pasqualina · Insalata Caprese · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Chicken, rabbit and other pale meat

This is a medium-bodied white, not a thin one, so it can sit beside plain white meat. The estate's own list puts delicate white meats next to the seafood. Keep the sauce light and skip heavy gravy.

Try with: Coniglio alla ligure · Vitello Tonnato · Cotoletta alla bolognese · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Skip chilli heat and slow-cooked red meat

Alcohol makes chilli burn hotter and this wine has no sweetness to cool it. Slow-cooked red meat flattens it too, because there is no tannin here to meet the fat. Save those plates for a red.

Skip with: Pizza Diavola · Vindaloo · Brasato al Barolo · Fiorentina steak · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

A wine to drink, not to keep

Drink it young, up to two or three years, as Tenuta Di Vaira itself says. The 2024 has a window of 2026 to 2029, and that is as long as this wine asks for.

Drinking window
2026 → 2028

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Serving temperature
8-12°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

The estate says drink it young, up to three years, and Bolgheri DOC sets no ageing rule for its whites.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£17.20 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Bolgheri Vermentino page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 25 Oct 2026, 03:12 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from published drinker ratings, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Vermentino, Bolgheri and Tenuta Di Vaira

Producer
Tenuta Di Vaira Tuscany
Grapes
Vermentino
Denomination
Bolgheri DOC
Region
Tuscany Region guide
Cuisine
Italian Cuisine 6 dishes paired Mexican 3 dishes paired Japanese Cuisine 3 dishes paired

Common Questions

Lemon and white peach, over a stony, slightly salty base, with brisk acidity. The estate ferments and keeps it in steel only, so there is no oak flavour. Apple, peach and melon come through too, with dry straw behind them.

Yes. Tenuta Di Vaira's technical sheet gives the blend as 100% Vermentino. The vines are over ten years old, face south-east and sit on clay-loam soil in Bolgheri.

Drink it young. The estate says two to three years from the harvest, so the 2025 is at its best between now and 2028. Serve it at 10°C.

Shellfish and seafood pasta first. The estate puts those at the top, and adds delicate white meat. Vegetarian plates, lean fish and cured meats work too.

The 2024 won Gold and 91 points at Vinum magazine's Top of Toskana tasting in Zurich in October 2025.

It lands on the median of the fifteen Bolgheri whites we list, which run from 16 to 54 pounds. Worldwide the average is near 13 euros a bottle before tax, and UK duty and VAT explain most of the gap.

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