Vermentino is a late ripening, light-skinned wine grape, primarily used in Italian white wines. It is widely planted in Sardinia and Liguria, to some extent in Corsica, in Piedmont under the name Favorita, and in France in Languedoc-Roussillon, where (to the frustration of the vignerons) it must now be called Rolle.
Vermentino wines are powerful, deep, aromatic, and silky on the palate. They are beautiful, pale, and crystalline in colour.