Broglia Gavi di Gavi La Meirana Gold 2022
A limited edition special bottling of Broglia's Gavi di Gavi to celebrate half a century of harvests in the vineyards of Tenuta La Meirana. Great texture and precision, with distinctive greengage and almond notes on the palate. Fresh and dry, this is particularly characterful Gavi.
Winner of a Silver Medal (90 pts) in the 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA): "Vibrant lime and grapefruit aromatics with a juicy core of honeyed stone fruit; complex and textured with a long finish."
Piero Broglia released his first wine from his father’s La Meirana estate in 1974, but there is a record of vines at the property that dates back to 971 AD, the very beginning of the story of Gavi. An MP with a law degree, Piero is a born researcher, having provided Italy’s first register of satellite-mapped vineyards, in Gavi, and carried out a study into clones of Cortese, the local vine.
Broglia currently own around 100 hectares of land, of which half is under vine. The vineyards are generally south-facing, on clay/marl soil. The La Meirana bottling, named after the estate itself, is sourced from many different parcels within it, to give a complete expression of this ancient site.
The grapes were pressed straight after harvest and then fermented in stainless steel at 18-20ºC. The wine is unoaked and was bottled after a few months’ maturation in tank.
