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Dear Friends,
Northern Italy’s Piedmont is justifiably famous for its top-shelf reds: think Barolo, Barbaresco, and Nizza Barbera. Those big reds tend to overshadow the fact that Piedmont is arguably Italy’s most diverse wine region. After all, this is where Gattinara, Moscato d’Asti, Ruche, and Grignolino also got their start. And often, the same stellar producers who are crafting Piedmont’s loftiest reds are also crafting great sippers from its lesser-known varieties—making Piedmont’s white wines an extraordinary value.
Introducing today’s release, Lot 820 2020 Piemonte Gavi.
Sitting right at the Ligurian border, Gavi was the first white wine to earn Italy’s top-tier DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) status and Lot 820 displays in vibrant detail why that accolade is so well deserved. Sourced from a top winery in the Langhe district of the Piedmont region in the Northwest of Italy, Lot 820 is made from select vineyards with exceptional sun exposure and soil, with the Cortese grapes hand-picked at the end of September and undergoing a soft press and fermentation at 15-16°C for ten days. Made in a style of production that has hardly changed since 1876, this wine is an Italian classic and represents a terrific value at this price.
Since the 17th century, Gavi has been served alongside cuisine from Piedmont and Liguria, naturally creating one of northern Italy’s most versatile, food-friendly whites. With all of the minerality, wet stone, and citrus pith that this 2020 white is throwing around, you might think that you’ve found Piedmont’s drier, more sophisticated answer to high-end German Riesling. And you’d be right.
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