Oliver’s Taranga Vermentino 2025 from McLaren Vale is a zippy, sea‑spray‑fresh white that feels like a salty breeze off the Gulf – light, crisp and tailor‑made for seafood and summer drinking. It sits in the Small Batch range, championing this Sardinian variety on the Taranga estate.

In the glass, Oliver’s Taranga Vermentino 2025 shows pale straw colour with aromas of lemon zest, lychee, clover, lime blossom, wet stone, oyster shell and a touch of honeyed florals. The palate is all zesty lemony acid and salty sea breeze, juicy citrus and a hint of fruit‑tingle and beeswax, with talcum‑powder tannins giving a savoury, briny line through the dry, mouth‑watering finish.

Perfect with fish and chips, freshly shucked oysters, King George whiting, calamari, clams or a spicy Vietnamese salad, Oliver’s Taranga Vermentino 2025 is an easy “no‑brainer” pick as a house seafood white, especially well suited to hot Adelaide afternoons.