# Gavi del Comune di Gavi (La Chiara)

> White, Gavi DOCG del Comune di Gavi by [La Chiara](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/la-chiara.md), Gavi, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/la-chiara-gavi-del-comune-di-gavi).

- **Producer:** La Chiara
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Gavi DOCG del Comune di Gavi
- **Grape:** Cortese
- **Soil:** Very varied: tufaceous, calcareous, interspersed with clay areas with sand and iron-rich gravel.
- **Exposure:** West to south-west facing vineyards, at 250 m altitude.
- **Harvest:** Generally hand-harvested from the second ten days of September.
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot training, 4000 vines per hectare, average vine age 25 years.
- **Vinification:** The grapes are carefully hand-harvested, generally from the second ten days of September. Vinification begins with gentle whole-bunch pressing using a state-of-the-art Bucher Inertys press, which avoids oxidation and preserves the grape's aromas. Fermentation is started with selected yeasts and takes place at about 18C in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. After alcoholic fermentation there is a brief period on fine lees with light stirring. Bottling takes place the spring after harvest. Aged in bottle for 2 to 4 months.
- **Serving temperature:** 10C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

This is the estate's main product, a wine with an intense, fragrant bouquet and a warm, savory, harmonious palate.

## Tasting notes

Intense straw yellow color with attractive golden highlights, bright. The bouquet is intense, fragrant and characterful, with pleasant, elegant notes of apricot and citrus over a subtle mineral, rusty background. The palate is warm, savory, harmonious, mineral and juicy.

## Food pairings

Pairs with vegetable and white meat starters, seafood salads and grilled fish, and pasta first courses. Highly drinkable, the wine reflects the typical character of Gavi, a small and special place.