Sparkling
Fortezza
By Cantina Produttori del Gavi, Gavi, Piemonte, Italy
Brut Charmat sparkling wine from Cortese. About 14,000 bottles a year; first vintage 1997.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow with a fine perlage. Apple, yellow peach and a touch of acacia flower on the nose. Harmonious and fresh on the palate, of good intensity.
Pairs well with
Aperitif with starters, then cakes and desserts; also suited to a whole meal.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Spumante Metodo Charmat
- Grape
- Cortese
- Production area
- Gavi area (PDF); Alto Monferrato (page)
- Soil
- Mostly red soil with an alluvial clay base
- Exposure
- South, upland plateau, 180 to 250 m above sea level
- Harvest
- First half of September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 4,500 vines per hectare, average vine age 30 years, 11,000 kg per hectare
- Vinification
- Primary fermentation at 12°C for 20 days, second fermentation in autoclave at 14°C for 1 month (Charmat method). At least 6 months in autoclave on the fine lees and 3 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 8 to 10°C
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