White
Aureliana
By Cantina Produttori del Gavi, Gavi, Piemonte, Italy
The barrique-fermented Gavi of the range, with weekly bâtonnage. About 6,000 bottles a year; first vintage 2000.
Tasting notes
Very intense straw yellow. Flint, vanilla and toasted, lightly spiced notes on the nose. Elegant, soft and long on the palate with a good backbone.
Pairs well with
Starters and light first courses, white meat and fish, fresh and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Gavi DOCG
- Grape
- Cortese
- Production area
- Gavi area
- Soil
- Mostly red soil with an alluvial clay base
- Exposure
- South-east, 200 to 250 m above sea level
- Harvest
- Mid September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 4,500 vines per hectare, average vine age 40 years, 8,000 kg per hectare
- Vinification
- Fermentation at 12 to 15°C for 6 to 8 days, then the second phase of fermentation in barriques. At least 5 months in stainless steel on the fine lees, then 5 to 7 months in oak barriques with weekly bâtonnage, and 3 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 8 to 10°C
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