2025 Castello Banfi La Pettegola Vermentino Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy
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Wine-Searcher tracks this 2025 Castello Banfi La Pettegola Vermentino Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy across the open market. Their published U.S. low is $16.02 and the average is $17.36. Our slash is $15.00.
Castello Banfi La Pettegola 2025
2025 Castello Banfi La Pettegola Vermentino Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy
Coastal Vermentino, and a little bird.
Castello Banfi grows this Vermentino where the Tuscan coast meets the estate. The 2025 is 100% Vermentino, Toscana IGT, fermented in stainless and kept on the lees. The bottle is $15.
La Pettegola, the winery's own film of the wine. It is the original film, not a tasting of this 2025.
A little bird, and the Tuscan coast
La Pettegola means gossip, and the mark on the label is a little bird. Castello Banfi grows this as 100% Vermentino, Toscana IGT, and the first vintage was 2012. The winery calls it the breeze of the Tuscan coast meeting the aromatic side of the grape. This 2025 is straw yellow, with citrus, thyme, sage, yellow peach, and elderflower.
When you pour this before dinner, which shows up first, the yellow peach or the thyme and sage?
The body is full, and the freshness holds it. The finish stays fruity and long. Serve it at 10 to 12 degrees C, before the meal or with the plate.
A 2025 that started wet and finished in the wind
The 2025 season opened on a normal winter, and budbreak came at the usual time for this place. A rainy start to spring pushed the shoots and left water in the soil. June dried out, and the last days of that month ran hot. July stayed dry and cooler than the season, which brought veraison on early. August was hot, with enough wind that the heat did no damage. From the last days of August through September, rain traded places with dry sunny days, and the grapes were kept from overripening.
The Vermentino harvest began on 2 September. It is the late white in the Banfi cellar, and the bird on the label is the one that gives the wine its name.
Stainless steel, then a few months on the lees
Fermentation is in stainless steel, held at 13 to 15 degrees C. The wine then stays on the lees in those same tanks for about 3 months. This is not an oak aging. Alcohol on the 2025 sheet is 12.5%.
What comes out is straw yellow. Citrus, thyme, sage, yellow peach, and elderflower sit in the same glass, and the full structure stays in line because the freshness is still there. The finish is fruity and persistent. That is the pour: something for the hour before dinner, and something that still belongs with the fish or the vegetables.
Castello Banfi, the winery's own film of the estate.
Grilled fish, and a gratin of greens and beans
The winery puts La Pettegola with fish and with vegetarian dishes, and it also calls the wine an aperitif. A whole grilled fish takes the citrus and the coastal freshness. A gratin of Swiss chard, fennel, and white beans takes the thyme and sage, and the yellow peach stays bright against the cream of the dish.
Whole grilled fish
A whole grilled fish with lemon and herbs.
Why it works: The citrus and the coastal freshness want the char on a whole fish.
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Swiss chard, fennel, and white bean gratin
Chard, fennel, and white beans under a golden crust.
Why it works: Thyme and sage meet the fennel and the greens, and the yellow peach stays bright against the cream.
View Recipe for Swiss chard, fennel, and white bean gratin (opens in a new tab)Take the bottle.
Straw yellow Vermentino, thyme and sage, yellow peach, and a little bird on the label.
The bottle is $15. Add it.
