La Scolca is the historic Soldati-family estate at Rovereto di Gavi, in the southeastern hills of Piedmont, where Cortese has been bottled as estate wine since 1919. The winery's flagship Gavi dei Gavi Black Label, a trademark the family registered in 1969, set the modern reputation of Gavi DOCG and remains the wine most travelling sommeliers reach for when a steely, mineral Piedmontese white is needed.
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Estate visit and seated tasting at the historic La Scolca cellars in Rovereto di Gavi, hosted by appointment. Visitors walk the working winery and taste a selection of La Scolca's Gavi DOCG range, typically including the Gavi dei Gavi Black Label and the long-aged Gold Edition. By appointment Monday to Thursday 08:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:30, Friday 08:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 16:30.
Book this experienceEstate visit and seated tasting at the historic La Scolca cellars in Rovereto di Gavi, hosted by appointment. Visitors walk the working winery and taste a selection of La Scolca's Gavi DOCG range, typically including the Gavi dei Gavi Black Label and the long-aged Gold Edition. By appointment Monday to Thursday 08:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:30, Friday 08:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 16:30.
Book this experienceThe Soldati family planted its first Cortese vines at Rovereto di Gavi in 1919, in the corner of Piedmont where Alessandria meets the Apennine foothills and the Ligurian sea breeze starts to thin out the air. Five generations later, La Scolca still works that same hillside, and the estate's identity remains tightly bound to a single grape, Cortese, and a single denomination, Gavi DOCG.
Some of the vines are over sixty years old, planted on clay-rich soils that hold water through Piedmont's dry summers. Picking is by hand, in small baskets, and the grapes reach the cellar within thirty minutes of being cut so the fruit's aromatic structure stays intact. Yields are kept low and harvest is timed for slightly earlier ripeness than the regional average, the move that gives La Scolca's wines their signature lift of acidity.
Fermentation runs cold, around 13 to 14°C, in temperature-controlled stainless steel, with the wines kept on their lees (sur lie) to build complexity while sulphite use is held to a minimum. The cellar is built across three levels into the hillside and runs on a photovoltaic energy system. The winery is certified under SQNPI, Italy's national integrated-production sustainability programme, and FSSC 22000 for food safety.
The flagship wine is Gavi dei Gavi Black Label, a trademark the Soldati family registered in 1969 and the bottle that built the international reputation of Gavi DOCG. Alongside it sit the Gavi del Comune di Gavi White Label, the Il Valentino Gavi, the long-aged Gavi dei Gavi Gold Edition and Limited Edition, the d'Antan traditional-method Spumante line, a small Pinot Nero project and the lighter RosaChiara rosé. Gavi DOCG is the constant: 100% Cortese, dry, mineral, built around acidity rather than weight.
Visits and tastings are by appointment, hosted directly at the estate Monday to Friday during office hours, with booking handled through the winery's enquiry form or the dedicated [email protected] address. La Scolca also runs a Yacht and Jet service for private buyers and works with luxury hospitality clients across more than sixty export markets, but the Gavi hillside remains the centre of every bottle.
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Plate I · PIEDMONT
Est. 1919 
7 wines 
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