Enrico Serafino Gavi di Gavi 2020

Sale $15.99

90 pts Wine Advocate

All about freshness, yet this manages a stunning amount of complexity for something so quaffable.  Pale straw in color with gold accents, fresh peach blossom and magnolia floral aromas start us off on a very expressive nose, followed by ruby red grapefruit running to almost tropical, mango fruit.  Fermented and aged entirely in stainless steel, the palate is dominated by bright, juicy pear, white peach, and lemon zest flavors, with brilliant, racy acidity.  There’s a wonderful wet stone minerality, adding Old World class and elegance to such a refreshing wine.

From 100% of the indigenous Cortese grape, this is super food-friendly, and would make a classic pair with fried calamari, or a Genovese pesto sauce, and also has the acidity to hold up to a salad with vinaigrette. " Thanks to the sloping hills and exposure, as well as marly, white chalky and clay-rich earth, the area creates wines with clear-cut character, freshness, and minerality, as well as complex structure.  The grapes for this wine are sourced from a six-hectare vineyard in Monterotondo di Gavi. The name Grifo del Quartaro refers to an antique coin used by Genovese Lords (from the city of Genoa that is not far from the village of Gavi), who were the vineyard land-owners of the Gavi area"  winery note

"a bright and luminous wine that shines with glossy intensity. The bouquet is redolent of citrus, blanched almond, peach and summer dried hay. The Cortese grape always shows a tight mineral note that gives focus to these fun and informal results (offered at a steal of a price)." WA


Or reply. The wine is available now in Chapel Hill. Saturday, as ordered, in Hillsborough.