White
Primi Grappoli
By Cantina Produttori del Gavi, Gavi, Piemonte, Italy
Gavi DOCG from 30-year-old vines at 200 m on red alluvial clay. About 14,000 bottles a year; first vintage 1999.
Tasting notes
Pale straw yellow. Nose of apricot, pear in jam and medicinal herbs. Round and enveloping on the palate, fresh and pleasantly savoury in the finish, with good minerality.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Gavi DOCG
- Grape
- Cortese
- Production area
- Gavi area
- Soil
- Mostly red soil with an alluvial clay base
- Exposure
- South to south-west, 200 m above sea level
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 4,500 vines per hectare, average vine age 30 years, 8,000 kg per hectare
- Vinification
- Temperature-controlled fermentation at 12°C for 20 days. At least 6 months in stainless steel on the fine lees and 2 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 8 to 10°C
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