The Vineyard
The Grape as Protagonist
Every grape has places where, once grown, can give its best.
Some, indeed, are able to express their whole potential only in a place where the plant finds a proper soil, climate, altitude and exposure: only there and nowhere else.
Cortese grapes, for example, in the territory from Gavi to Novi Ligure, give a wine with an “aristocratic personality”, mineral and intense, long and elegant; and, within the borders of the small municipality of Gavi, the best results are obtained in Rovereto district. If there was in Italy a vineyards classification as in France, Rovereto di Gavi would undoubtedly be the “Grand Cru of Cortese”.
La Scolca® has its vineyards in the most beautiful locations in Rovereto, and its Gavi dei Gavi® represents the “peak” of wine that is possible to find in this “microarea”. But this exciting result is not derived exclusively by the lucky position of the vineyards, it is also the fruit of the best management of oenological practices, that allow us, starting from alike “raw materials” with other vineyards in the area, to be always one step ahead.
The Gavi wine made from Cortese grapes was invented here in La Scolca®, in 1919: now it has become a classic. The Company manages an area of about 50 hectares. Overall there are 250 km of rows, which during each agricultural campaign are covered more than 15 times, on foot or by tractor, with planting spacings of approximately 0.90 by 2.40 metres, with a density of approximately 4500 vines per hectare. The vineyards are located in the best sites of Rovereto di Gavi. Sea breeze, full sunlight exposure from sunrise to sunset, freshness and dew’s humidity. All of these create an atmosphere’s alternation that’s ideal for a complete and proper ripening of the grapes, a prerequisite for a good wine.
The Vineyard
The Grape as Protagonist
Every grape has places where, once grown, can give its best. Some, indeed, are able to express their whole potential only in a place where the plant finds a proper soil, climate, altitude and exposure: only there and nowhere else.
Cortese grapes, for example, in the territory from Gavi to Novi Ligure, give a wine with an “aristocratic personality”, mineral and intense, long and elegant; and, within the borders of the small municipality of Gavi, the best results are obtained in Rovereto district. If there was in Italy a vineyards classification as in France, Rovereto di Gavi would undoubtedly be the “Grand Cru of Cortese”.
La Scolca® has its vineyards in the most beautiful locations in Rovereto, and its Gavi dei Gavi® represents the “peak” of wine that is possible to find in this “microarea”. But this exciting result is not derived exclusively by the lucky position of the vineyards, it is also the fruit of the best management of oenological practices, that allow us, starting from alike “raw materials” with other vineyards in the area, to be always one step ahead.
The Gavi wine made from Cortese grapes was invented here in La Scolca®, in 1919: now it has become a classic. The Company manages an area of about 50 hectares. Overall there are 250 km of rows, which during each agricultural campaign are covered more than 15 times, on foot or by tractor, with planting spacings of approximately 0.90 by 2.40 metres, with a density of approximately 4500 vines per hectare. The vineyards are located in the best sites of Rovereto di Gavi. Sea breeze, full sunlight exposure from sunrise to sunset, freshness and dew’s humidity. All of these create an atmosphere’s alternation that’s ideal for a complete and proper ripening of the grapes, a prerequisite for a good wine.