Winery PoggioGavi
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The Gavi of the Winery Poggio is in the top 0 of wines of Gavi.
Details and technical informations about Winery Poggio's Gavi.
Discover the grape variety: Malbec
Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.
Informations about the Winery Poggio
The Winery Poggio is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Gavi to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gavi
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.
The wine region of Piedmont
Piedmont (Piemonte) holds an unrivalled place among the world's finest wine regions. Located in northwestern Italy, it is home to more DOCG wines than any other Italian region, including such well-known and respected names as Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera d'Asti. Though famous for its Austere, Tannic, Floral">floral reds made from Nebbiolo, Piedmont's biggest success story in the past decade has been Moscato d'Asti, a Sweet, Sparkling white wine. Piedmont Lies, as its name suggests, at the foot of the Western Alps, which encircle its northern and western sides and form its naturally formidable border with Provence, France.
The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)
A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.
