Gavi
Denominazione di Origine
Controllata e Garantita
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Story of the Wine:
Gavi is a town in Piemonte between Genova and Alessandria and is the centre of the region’s most famous white wine, which is named after the town. It is made from the indigenous grape Cortese, which is almost entirely grown in Piemonte. The wine became famous in the 1950’s and 60’s as the fashionable wine to be drunk on the Italian Riviera.
| Grape(s): | 100% Cortese |
| Area: | From the il Pareto vineyards in Novi Ligure |
| Av. Age: | 25 years |
| Density: | 4,500 vines per ha. |
| Yield: | 60 hl/ha |
| Training: | Guyot |
| Harvest: | Mid September for 3 days |
| Vinification: | There is a 12 day fermentation at 160C and a partial malolactic fermentation. |
| Ageing: | The wine is kept in stainless steel vats of between 50 and 100 hl for 6 months until release. |
Descriptions for Wine List
1) A delicious, rounded, citrusy nose is balanced by a charmingly full
flavour on the lengthy palate and a hint of herbs.
2) Originally discovered in the 1950’s by the Italian Riviera, Gavi,
made from local grape Cortese is Piemonte’s most famous white
wine. A delicious, rounded, citrusy nose is balanced by a charmingly
full flavour on the lengthy palate and a hint of herbs.
3) Gavi is Piemonte’s little white gem. It was first discovered in the
1950’s as the fashionable white wine for the Italian Riviera; but
now has established a, deservedly, wider reputation for itself
typified by the quality of wines such il Pareto. A delicious, rounded,
citrusy nose is balanced by a charmingly full flavour on the lengthy
palate and a hint of herbs.
