“Minaia” Gavi del Commune di Gavi DOCG 2025

Nicola Bergaglio | Piedmont
Az. Agr. Nicola Bergaglio | Loc. Pedaggeri 59 Fraz. Rovereto | IT 15066 Gavi

05420225 · 0,75 l · 18,53 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

The vineyard overlooks the house. Visitors to the Cantina Bergaglio look out from the courtyard directly onto the Minaia slope – a single hectare on a medium slope, 300 metres above sea level, with red clay soil with an exceptionally high iron content. This soil is the reason why Minaia is a cru: Not because some committee decided it, but because this patch of earth produces something that no other hectare in the appellation can replicate. 100% Cortese, hand-picked, fermentation and ageing in steel on the lees – no wood, no intervention that does not serve the terroir. The Ligurian breezes that blow over the hills from the south slow down the ripening process and maintain the mineral tension that Daniele Cernilli once summarised in five words: "un vero Chablis à l'Italienne." Tre Bicchieri Gambero Rosso confirm this almost every year.

Intense straw yellow with greenish reflections. On the nose, chalk, citrus, apple, gelsomino, propolis and a hint of warm iron – complex, mineral, with a stillness that signifies concentration. On the palate, it is taut and has a hauntingminerality, with fine fruit, precise acidity and a very long final. SUPERIORE.DE