# Tenuta La Rocca (Coppo)

> White, Gavi DOCG by [Coppo](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/coppo.md), Asti, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/coppo-tenuta-la-rocca).

- **Producer:** Coppo
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Gavi DOCG
- **Grape:** Cortese
- **Production area:** Monterotondo di Gavi
- **Soil:** Calcareous marl
- **Exposure:** South – south east – south west
- **Harvest:** Hand selection of healthiest, ripest grapes in 20 kg picking baskets
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot, 1050 ft a.s.l.
- **Vinification:** Soft pressing and fermentation in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature.
- **Serving temperature:** 12°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-15


## Summary

Coppo has managed the Tenuta La Rocca in Monterotondo in the town of Gavi since the mid-1980s. Gavi is made entirely from the Cortese grape, one of the region's oldest native varieties. Gavi La Rocca comes from marly-calcareous soils that lend it an unexpected mineral complexity.

## Tasting notes

Color: bright straw yellow. Nose: ripe fruity hints of white peach, closes with a nice citric suggestion of orange skin, mineral notes. Taste: opens with an enveloping sensation balanced by a good acidity. Persistent and saline.

## Food pairings

Pine nut and swordfish pasta, shellfish and mollusk, puntarelle alla romana