White
Volo
By Morgassi Superiore, Gavi, Piemonte, Italy
Morgassi Superiore's riserva-style Gavi del Comune di Gavi DOCG, given extended lees ageing in steel before bottling, with an alcohol content of 12 to 13% vol and an estimated ageing potential of about 20 years.
Tasting notes
A very intense, pleasantly persistent nose of white fruit and dried flowers, equally intense and persistent on the palate.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Gavi del Comune di Gavi DOCG
- Grape
- Cortese 100%
- Production area
- Sermoria, comune of Gavi, at 300 m above sea level
- Soil
- Clay-limestone marl
- Exposure
- South/south-west facing
- Harvest
- Hand-harvested in crates, chilled in cold storage for 12 hours, then destemmed and soft-pressed the next morning
- Vineyard planting
- Low spurred cordon (cordone speronato basso), 5,000 vines per hectare
- Vinification
- Fermented in stainless steel, then matured 9 months on its lees in steel before at least 6 months' refinement in bottle.
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