Wines made from Cortese grapes of Gavi - Page 2
Discover the best wines made with Cortese as a single variety or as a blend of Gavi.
More informations about the variety Cortese
A very old variety, cultivated for a very long time in Piedmont in northwestern Italy, it can also be found in other Italian wine regions. It is known in Germany, Switzerland, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, the United States, etc. It is virtually unknown in France.
More informations about the region of Piémont
The wine region of Gavi is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine La Scolca or the Domaine La Scolca produce mainly wines white, sparkling and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gavi are Cortese, Ribolla gialla and Gaglioppo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gavi often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, leather or meyer lemon and sometimes also flavors of slate, black fruit or orange zest.
What are the typical flavors of the Cortese grape variety?
- Tree fruitPresent in 87% of Cortese
- Citrus fruitPresent in 84% of Cortese
- EarthPresent in 70% of Cortese
- MicrobioPresent in 51% of Cortese
- VegetalPresent in 45% of Cortese
- OakPresent in 42% of Cortese
- Tropical fruitPresent in 34% of Cortese
- Non oakPresent in 29% of Cortese
- FloralPresent in 16% of Cortese
- PearPresent in 13% of Cortese
- LemonPresent in 12% of Cortese
- ApplesPresent in 12% of Cortese
- SpicesPresent in 12% of Cortese
- CitrusPresent in 12% of Cortese
- PeachPresent in 11% of Cortese
- GrapefruitPresent in 10% of Cortese
- Green applePresent in 10% of Cortese
- MineralityPresent in 9% of Cortese
- MelonPresent in 7% of Cortese
- ApricotPresent in 6% of Cortese
News about the grape variety Cortese
Wine lover: The climate needs you!
Kimberly Nicholas PhD (@KA_Nicholas) is a sustainability scientist at Lund University, and author of Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World Our 2020 research found that how fast we succeed at stopping warming will determine how much of the wine-growing regions and their characteristic varieties we love will remain in our lifetimes. Changing to warmer-climate varieties can help limit losses, but there are limits to adaptation. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ...
Port Ellen and Brora casks to be auctioned by Sotheby’s
Part of the auction house’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the sale runs until next Tuesday, 14 June, and also includes one-off collaborations with artist Ini Archibong and photographer Trey Ratcliff. The two refill American oak hogshead casks, supplied from Diageo’s Casks of Distinction VIP private cask purchase programme, both have pre-sale estimates of £700,000-1.2m. The Port Ellen cask was filled on 15 February 1979, has a current strength of 52.9% abv and is estimated to hold 102 bottles. T ...
Southern Rhône 2021: full report and top-scoring wines
Southern Rhône 2021 overall vintage rating: 2/5 Fresh, bright, intense white wines throughout the region. A hard frost reduced yields and produced a fragile harvest for reds. Quality is mixed; many wines lack ripeness, but there are some very good wines in a lean, fresh style with relatively low alcohols. ‘In this chaotic, unpredictable and atypical vintage, buying by appellation, or even producer, isn’t a reliable strategy.’ Southern Rhône 2021 red wine of the vintage Château de Beaucastel, Hom ...