White
Etichetta Nera
By Il Poggio di Gavi, Gavi, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's first label, a Gavi from the vines around the family house on Rovereto hill, on red stony soil with old vines.
Tasting notes
Pale straw yellow with cut grass, white flowers, medlar and yellow citrus. Creamy on the palate, citrusy, savoury and intense, with tropical fruit and aromatic herbs; a very long finish of mineral persistence and almond.
Pairs well with
Fish above all: sauteed clams, fish ravioli, spaghetti with anchovy sauce, salt cod, sea bream in potato crust; also borage tortelli, tajarin with truffle, shredded horse meat, eggs with truffle, rabbit with herbs.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Gavi del Comune di Gavi DOCG
- Grape
- Cortese 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Rovereto
- Production area
- Hills north of Gavi, locality Rovereto, average altitude 330 m
- Soil
- Terre rosse da argille ferrettizzate, ghiaie e sabbie; moderately deep, neutral pH, good water retention
- Exposure
- East-west
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in crates at full ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 4,200 vines/ha, yield 95 q/ha; under organic conversion, alternate-row grass cover, manure feeding, no leaf removal
- Vinification
- Soft pressing, temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel, rest on fine lees until the spring after harvest, static clarification, bottled with minimal added sulphites, two months in bottle before sale. Alcohol 12.5%, residual sugar 2 g/l, total acidity 5.0 g/l.
- Serving temperature
- 10-12°C
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