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Tenuta Di Vaira
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.
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Steel only, no oak, and picked at the end of August to hold the acidity high. James Suckling tasted the 2025 in March 2026 and found broom flower, apple and stone fruit.
Lemon and lemon leaf lead, which is how both the estate and its Italian shop describe it. Behind them sit white peach and a dry, straw-like note that Vivino drinkers mention often. James Suckling picked out broom flower and stone fruit in the 2025.
Lemon
Elderflower
Apple
Gooseberry
Melon
White peach
Straw
Wet stonesFresh and savoury, with the brisk acidity the estate says 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 drinkers name most, over a stony, slightly salty base.
Clean and mineral, and it carries longer than the price suggests. The estate calls the persistence good, and Vinum's tasters found freshness and finesse right to the end of the 2024.
A drink-now white from a family estate that has farmed Bolgheri for over 70 years. Vivino drinkers rate it 3.9 from 1,139 ratings and critics average 88 out of 100, though Suckling called the 2025 fairly neutral.
Wine-Searcher puts the global average 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.
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.
High acidity, a medium body and no oak make it flexible: shellfish, fried fish, herb-led vegetables and plain white meat all work.
One grape, no oak and a clear citrus profile make it easy to read, and the 40 buyers who rated it on vino.com give it 4.1 out of 5.
It is built for drinking now rather than keeping, though at 22 pounds it is a treat-night bottle more than a Tuesday one.
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.
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.
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.
A compact view of what the Bolgheri denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bolgheri falls within Tuscany, covering Livorno.
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Open the driveMade at Tenuta Di Vaira, Bolgheri.
Wine route in the zone: Strada del Vino Costa degli Etruschi.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The estate serves it at 10°C with shellfish. Vivino drinkers reach for pasta, lean fish and cured meats, and the matches below follow both.
The acidity is high enough to cut brine and butter without flattening the shellfish. That is the match the estate puts first, and its Italian shop lists 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 makes acidity taste softer and fruit taste riper, so a salty plate flatters this wine. Vivino drinkers put cured meats among their most common matches. 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 →
Frying coats the mouth and this acidity strips it back between bites. Wine-Searcher's own suggested matches include deep-fried squid and courgette in crisp batter. 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 →
The nose runs to lemon leaf and dry straw, so herb-led food echoes it rather than clashing. Vivino's crowd puts vegetarian dishes at the top of its own pairing list. Keep vinegar out of the dressing and the match holds.
Try with: Trofie al pesto · Torta pasqualina · Insalata Caprese · More pairings →
This is a medium-bodied white, not a thin one, so it can sit beside plain white meat. The Italian shop that sells it lists 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 →
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 →
Tenuta Di Vaira says drink it young, up to two or three years. Vinum gave the 2024 a window of 2026 to 2029, and that is as long as this wine asks for.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
The estate says drink it young, up to three years, and Bolgheri DOC sets no ageing rule for its whites.
£22.10 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur 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 · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumLemon 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. Vivino drinkers most often name apple, peach and melon, 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 and the Italian shop that sells it both put those at the top, and add delicate white meat. Vivino drinkers also reach for vegetarian plates, lean fish and cured meats.
The 2024 won Gold and 91 points at Vinum magazine's Top of Toskana tasting in Zurich in October 2025. Across all vintages Wine-Searcher averages 21 critic scores at 88 out of 100.
It lands on the median of the fifteen Bolgheri whites we list, which run from 16 to 54 pounds. Wine-Searcher puts the global average near 13 euros a bottle before tax, and UK duty and VAT explain most of the gap.
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