A perfect white for the summer

2015 Feudi di San Gregorio, Greco di Tufo, Campania, Italy (£19.99, Wimbledon Wine Cellar, 020-8540 9979; £15.95, Hailsham Wine Cellars, 01323-441212; WineDirect.co.uk).

These white grapes are all exotically but discreetly perfumed like a moment of exquisite scent caught on a breeze. Stone fruit notes and wild herb and flower aromatics permeate your senses, but this initial exuberance is cut with dramatic, focused minerality. Dry, refreshing and stern, it is this knicker-snapping acidity that makes these wines so attractive on a sweltering summer's day.

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I venture that this character is borne from the volcanic soils in which these vines are planted. Most are on their own rootstocks as opposed to being grafted, because the dreaded Phylloxera parasite cannot survive in these conditions. This seems to mainline volcanic tension into these thrillingly alluring wines.

My pick this week is a desperately beautiful Greco di Tufo made by one of the star wineries in the region it is sure to satiate all of your mid-summer desires in one ice-cold sip.

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Wine Communicator of the Year (MatthewJukes.com).

Matthew Jukes has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006.

He has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.