La Giustiniana Montessora Gavi di Gavi 2024
This wine is light straw-yellow in colour with fresh notes of flint and flowers. On the palate, it is intense and concentrated with a lovely pure fruit character. Flavours of peach and lime follow through to a long, mineral finish.
Grapes are grown in the five-hectare Montessora vineyard in Rovereto di Gavi, at an altitude of 400 metres above sea level. Vines are between 35-70 years old, Guyot trained, and planted at a density of 4,000 vines per hectare. Soils are mostly gravel with alluvial clays rich in iron, creating dark red soils, which impart body, complexity and minerality to the wine.
The grapes were gently pressed upon arrival at the winery. They then underwent a cool fermentation in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks at 16°C, which lasted two weeks. Unoaked, the wine was bottled in the spring following the harvest.
| RRP | £28.99 |
| Bottle size | 75cl |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Alcoholic strength | 12.5% |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piemonte |
| Subregion | Gavi |
| Grapes | Cortese 100% |
| Residual sugar (g/l) | 1.5 |
| Vegetarian | Yes |
| Vegan | Yes |
| Organic | No |
| Biodynamic | No |
| Closure | Natural Cork |
| Winemaker | Cristian Pomo |
La Giustiniana comprises 110 hectares of vines in the heart of the commune of Rovereto in Gavi. Originally, this land was part of a Benedictine convent and was bought by the Giustiniani, a military family from the Republic of Genoa, in 1625. At that time, wine was already produced from the estate's original 40 hectares of vineyards. The Benedictine monks cultivated the first vines planted here. Today, the winery is managed by Magda Pedrini and production is focused on expressing Gavi di Gavi's potential from the estate's two single vineyards, ‘Lugarara’ and ‘Montessora’. These vineyards sit side by side at 300 metres above sea level yet have very different soils and subsequently showcase different expressions of the Cortese grape.
