Villa Sparina Gavi 2024
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Piedmont, framed by the Alps in northwestern Italy, is a land of rolling hills and carefully cultivated vineyards. The continental climate, with its cold winters and warm summers, creates prime conditions for the Nebbiolo grape, which dominates much of the region's red wine production. The Langhe area is home to Barolo and Barbaresco, structured red wines known for their complex aromas, firm tannins, and aging potential. While Nebbiolo is the dominant grape of Piedmont, the region also makes interesting white wines like those from Arneis and Timorasso. Alto Piemonte is a separate region in the north with its own distinctive expressions of Nebbiolo, alongside other red grape varietals.
Italy - Piedmont
Cortese is the white grape of southeastern Piedmont, best known as the sole variety of Gavi, grown on the hills around the town of Gavi near the Ligurian border. It is valued for crisp, persistent acidity rather than aromatic power, giving pale, lean wines of green apple, lime, white flowers and almond, with a fine mineral finish. Most Gavi is made in steel and drunk young as a partner to seafood, pesto and the lighter dishes of Liguria, but old vines and longer lees aging produce more textured, age-worthy bottlings. Cortese also appears in the Colli Tortonesi and in Oltrepò Pavese.
