The Fattorie Melini 2019 Vernaccia di San Gimignano Le Grillaie is a simple and stripped-down expression that offers all the basics (at a very low price). These include fresh aromas of peach, pear and crushed limestone or sea shell. That lean-bodied freshness and those mineral notes set the lunch table for an easy bowl of creamy clam chowder.

The 2016 Vernaccia di San Gimignano Le Grillaie offers a light and informal personality. This is an easy-drinking value white wine that would pair with grilled vegetables or Thai spring rolls. The bouquet is mild and subdue overall with light touches of citrus, white peach and Golden Delicious apple. There is a touch of savory saffron spice on the close. Some 20,000 bottles were produced.

The 2015 Vernaccia di San Gimignano Le Grillaie is a very pretty and balanced wine with subdued aromas of white peach and honeydew melon. The wine communicates in a hushed voice, not with loud intensity. The mouthfeel is silky and long but this Vernaccia could use more freshness on the close.

The 2014 Vernaccia di San Gimignano Le Grillaie is loaded with personality and fresh fruit flavors. This is a streamlined and tight white wine that offers crisp tones of lemon, grapefruit, melon and pine nut. The wine's flavor profile is heavily characterized by stone fruit and pear. This Vernaccia is tonic and clean on the palate with measured freshness.