# Maneo (Enrico Serafino)

> White, Gavi DOCG del Comune di Gavi by [Enrico Serafino](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/enrico-serafino.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/enrico-serafino-maneo).

- **Producer:** Enrico Serafino
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Gavi DOCG del Comune di Gavi
- **Grape:** Cortese 100%
- **Production area:** Gavi commune.
- **Soil:** Clay-limestone.
- **Exposure:** South and southeast facing.
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot-trained vines around 35 years old, yields around 8,500 kg/ha, 100% hand-harvested into crates, farmed with sustainable viticulture.
- **Vinification:** Hand-sorted bunches are chilled with dry ice to limit oxidation and sulphite use, then gently pressed, with part crushed and cold-macerated overnight in the press, with no use of screw augers. The must, obtained by soft pressing of whole and crushed bunches under nitrogen, ferments in temperature-controlled steel tanks, then ages on its own lees in steel and afterwards in bottle, not released before the fifth year after harvest.
- **Serving temperature:** 11-13°C
- **Storage:** Can age 10 to 12 years.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

Maneo, Latin for "I remain", is named for the long ageing this Gavi undergoes, released only five years after harvest so it can fully express its site.

## Tasting notes

Straw yellow with typical greenish reflections, a broad, complex nose of wildflowers, mint, lavender and sage alongside mineral flint notes and fruity hints of bergamot and white peach, and a fresh, mineral, very long palate with a solid body backed by acidity and full flavour, with faintly hydrocarbon nose-palate correspondence.

## Food pairings

Fish, shellfish and sushi, also with risottos and delicate first courses; excellent as an aperitif.