# Poggio della Rupe (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-poggio-della-rupe).

- **Producer:** Enrico Serafino
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Gavi DOCG del Comune di Gavi
- **Grape:** Cortese 100%
- **Cru / vineyard:** Monterotondo
- **Production area:** Monterotondo vineyard, Gavi commune.
- **Soil:** Clay-limestone, described by the estate as having a gypsum-sulphur character typical of Monterotondo.
- **Exposure:** South facing.
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot-trained vines around 35 years old, yields around 8,500 kg/ha, 100% hand-harvested, 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 for 6 to 7 months before further ageing in bottle.
- **Serving temperature:** 8-10°C
- **Storage:** Can age 7 to 8 years.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

Poggio della Rupe's Monterotondo vineyard sits on a gypsum-sulphur soil the estate says gives this Gavi an unusually complex, long-ageing character for the variety.

## Tasting notes

Straw yellow with typical greenish reflections, a broad, complex nose of wildflowers, lavender, sage and fresh fruit such as citrus, white peach and apricot, and a fresh, mineral, intense palate with good body balanced by pronounced acidity and very long persistence.

## Food pairings

Fish, shellfish and sushi, also holding up to strongly flavoured sauces; excellent as an aperitif.