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Gavi
In the 1980s Gavi became one of the best known and most fashionable white wines of Italy and today it is enjoying something of a revival. This small DOC nestles in the eastern reaches of the Monferrato Hills at the foot of the Ligurian Apennines directly north of Genoa. It is made from the Cortese grape which forms the basis of the region’s other famous white wine - Asti Spumante. As you might therefore expect, Gavi has relatively 'subtle' flavours. In the past, various Gavi producers have experimented with oak-ageing the wines, but the general consensus is that the oak flavours almost always dominate the fruit.
Expat American and Italian wine expert Burton Anderson describes the virtues of typical Gavi as "cleanly refined scent and acutely dry flavour with pronounced acidity countered by a vague sensation of fruit. In short, an exemplary fish wine distinguished ... by slicker style".
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