Enrico Serafino - Maneo Poggio della Rupe - Gavi DOCG

Maneo – i stay, I wait. What sounds like a silent promise in Latin becomes a philosophy at Enrico Serafino: this Gavi only leaves the winery five years after the harvest. While other Cortese wines have long since been drunk, the Maneo matures quietly – first on its fine lees in stainless steel, then in the bottle until time has done its work. The grapes come from the best parcels in the heart of the appellation, where clay and limestone-rich soils with a low pH value give the Cortese the tension that distinguishes it from the pleasing everyday white. Vinification follows the credo of maximum care: hand-picking, sorting on a vibrating table, cooling with carbonic acid snow to prevent oxidation. The grapes are gently pressed and some of the grapes are left to macerate overnight at cool temperatures – a touch of extraction that gives the wine substance without jeopardising its elegance. What flows into the glass after five years has only the grape variety in common with youthful Gavi. The nose opens wide and complex: wild flowers and Mediterranean herbs – mint, lavender, sage – alternate with mineral flint accents and ripe nuances of bergamot and white peach. The palate reveals a wine of remarkable presence: fresh and mineral, with a body that carries, an acidity that drives and a finish that never ends. Proof that great white wines are not a question of grape variety – but of patience

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