2024 Bordo Mare Vermentino Las Brisas Vineyard Napa Valley 750 ml

Critics have spilled plenty of ink pushing Vermentino as the future of California white wine. But the Bardo Mare Las Brisas Vineyard makes the case without a single word. 

Instead, it exhibits just how much high-spirited energy, lively acidity, and floral depth the Italian variety can deliver when it comes from a top-notch Napa Valley vineyard. Giving intense yet nuanced lemon zest, chamomile, honeysuckle, and ginger notes, Bordo Mare is at once refreshing, complex, and food-friendly, showing why top Napa establishments like Bottega and Brasswood have featured it on their wine lists. 

For a variety that thrives in warm, coastal Mediterranean vineyards, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better second home than Carneros’ Las Brisas Vineyard. The iconic site’s winds sweep away morning fog, bringing a combination of sunlight and cool Pacific air that allows grapes to ripen slowly and maintain fresh acidity. It’s no wonder standout producers from all over want a piece of the action, including Bouchaine, Ryme, Anaba, and more. 

The vineyard’s ocean proximity is what attracted winemaker Matteo Fecondo. He wanted to make an homage to his homeland of Liguria, where Vermentino grows on hillsides facing the sea—and Las Brisas is the only vineyard in the area where the grape grows near the water. “Bordo Mare” translates to “seaside” or “edge of the sea,” and Fecondo’s wine channels all the freshness, energy, and purity of the invigorating Pacific air. 

Vermentino is gaining traction as one of California’s next big white grapes, and in the state’s sunny, marine-influenced vineyards, it takes on a vibrancy and complexity that are attracting more wine lovers every day. Very few bottles embody the variety’s massive potential better than Bordo Mare.