Morgassi Superiore "Volo" Gavi del Comune di Gavi DOCG 2020

Description

Morgassi Superiore Volo Gavi di Gavi is from the appellation Gavi del Comune di Gavi DOCG  which is at the highest quality level under Italian wine-making regulations. This DOCG area is quite a small area of land around the town of Gavi and has limestone-dominant soils which helps grapes produce relatively high acidity meaning that the wine is fresh and mouth-watering. Grapes for Morgassi Superiore Volo Gavi di Gavi are manually selected. The wine spends time on its yeasts which makes it more structured, with more body and more mineral characteristics than “standard” Gavi DOC.

Morgassi Superiore Volo Gavi di Gavi is a really elegant example of a Gavi di Gavi; the winery prefers to keep the wine ageing in tank and in bottle to give it structure, body, elegance and ageing potential. On the nose ripe, juicy apples and pear with hints of almond, greengage and citrus fruits plus “flintiness” from the minerality for which the DOCG Gavi is known. The orchard fruit and mineral character is carried through on the palate leading to a long, dry finish of lime and apple. The indigenous Cortese grape from which Gavi is made is fairly high in acidity but the steely structure of this wine balances the crisp acidity.

Morgassi Superiore is a small estate with 19 hectares of vineyards on steep hills and all facing south or south west. The Volo vineyard is slightly higher than the Tuffo which I previously stocked (but can still get hold of). For another crisp dry Italian white wine, try Ezio Poggio Timorasso.