• Italy
• Piemonte
• Cortese di Gavi

Coppo has managed the Tenuta La Rocca in Monterotondo in the town of Gavi since the mid-1980s. Gavi, a classic, white Piedmontese wine, is made entirely from the Cortese grape, one of the region’s oldest native varieties. Its name derives from the wine’s original consumer – the nobles of court, or corte. Gavi
La Rocca comes from marly-calcareous soils that lend it an unexpected mineral complexity.
APPELLATION: Gavi d.o.c.g
GRAPE VARIETY: Cortese
PRODUCTION AREA: Monterotondo di Gavi
EXPOSURE: south - south est
SOIL COMPOSITION: calcareous marl
VINEYARD ALTITUDE: 1050 ft a.s.l.
TRAINING SYSTEM: Guyot
VINEYARD DENSITY: 4,000 plants per hectare
HARVESTING PERIOD: September 014
HARVEST: selection in vineyards of the healthiest, ripest grapes hand collected in 40 lb picking baskets
VINIFICATION SYSTEM: soft pressing and fermentation
in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature
MALO-LATTIC: not carried out
ALCOHOL: 11,97 % vol
TOTAL ACIDITY: 6.37 g/l
pH: 3.17
COLOR: pale straw colored yellow
NOSE: fresh and fruity with evident mineral notes
TASTE: savory with the right trace of citrin
PAIRINGS: as aperitif, oysters and seafood,
braised rabbit with black olives and pine nuts “Ligurian
style”, bagna cauda (a traditional sauce from
Piedmont, made with olive oil, anchovies and garlic,
served with a variety of fresh vegetables)
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 12 Celsius