La Scolca's Gavi dei Gavi Black Label is the benchmark Cortese of Rovereto di Gavi: 100% Cortese, vinified sur lie in steel, all flint, citrus and almond. Vivino's 14,000-plus drinkers rate it 4.1, and it ages past five years. From about 27 pounds.
La Scolca leads with lemon, grapefruit and green apple over a savoury struck-flint note, the profile its 14,000-plus Vivino drinkers return to. It is 100% Cortese from the high hills of Rovereto Superiore di Gavi, vinified sur lie in steel, with almond and walnut arriving as it ages.
La Scolca opens with lemon, grapefruit and lime over green apple and white peach, lifted by acacia and a struck-flint, wet-stone note, the aromatic signature its 14,000-plus Vivino drinkers log most. The sur lie raising in steel adds a faint creamy almond edge that deepens with age.
Grapefruit
Lemon
Lime
Green Apple
White peach
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Almond
Hazelnuts
HoneyBone-dry and high-acid at about 12%, it runs citrus and orchard fruit over a saline, flinty mineral core drawn from the high hills of Rovereto Superiore di Gavi. The partial skin contact and native-lees ageing give it a broad, savoury mid-palate rather than a simple crisp white.
The close is long and savoury, flint and citrus zest trailing into the almond and walnut note La Scolca flags as the wine's signature.
This is La Scolca's benchmark Black Label, the wine that made Gavi dei Gavi a reference; Vivino's crowd rates it 4.1 across more than 14,000 ratings and placed the 2019 in the world's top 1%. A mineral Cortese for the table, crisp young yet able to age past five years.
The Black Label 2019 sits around 48 pounds at Great Wines Direct and the 2024 Gold Edition near 32 pounds, against a producer price of about 27 pounds. Every bottle here is 750ml of 100% Cortese from the Soldati family estate above Gavi.
Built for the table more than the cellar, this is a crisp, mineral 12% Cortese that scores high for food and occasion. At about 27 to 48 pounds it sits above everyday Gavi, but its flint-and-citrus precision makes it one of Piedmont's reference whites for fish.
High Cortese acidity, a saline flint core and 12% weight make it a benchmark partner for oysters, shellfish, seafood pasta and white meats, one of Piedmont's most food-flexible whites.
A recognised benchmark from the house that coined Gavi dei Gavi, prestigious and polished enough for a celebration dinner or a serious seafood table.
A crisp, dry white from an indigenous grape is easy to approach, though the savoury flint-and-almond style and 30-plus-pound price make it more a step up than a first bottle.
Unusually age-worthy for Gavi: the producer promises it holds well beyond five years and Vivino still rates the 2019 at 4.2, though it remains a white for the medium not the long term.
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Three vintages sit together here. The 2019 Black Label is the standout, rated 4.2 by 1,900 Vivino users and placed in the world's top 1% of wines; the 2024 Gold Edition and the youthful 2025 are fresher and built for early drinking. All are 100% Cortese at about 12%.
The 2025 is the latest release, a crisp young Cortese from Rovereto Superiore di Gavi to drink on its primary citrus and flint freshness. Like all La Scolca Gavi it can hold a few years, but it is at its lively best in the near term.
The 2024 is the Gold Edition bottling, a fresh, youthful Gavi dei Gavi built for early drinking. Citrus and green apple lead over the estate's saline flint core; enjoy it now and over the next few years while its bright Cortese acidity is at its best.
The 2019 Black Label is the standout here, rated 4.2 by 1,900 Vivino users and placed in the world's top 1% of wines. A balanced Piedmont vintage now showing the developed flint, almond and hazelnut La Scolca prizes; drink through to about 2027.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
The Soldati family bought Tenuta La Scolca in 1919 and planted Cortese where only red grapes grew. Now in its fourth generation under Chiara Soldati, the estate coined the Gavi dei Gavi name and styles itself the house of the best Gavi in the world, working vineyards over sixty years old at Rovereto Superiore.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Gavi/Cortese di Gavi is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Gavi/Cortese di Gavi falls within Piedmont , covering Piedmont.
La Scolca selects cluster by cluster from vineyards more than sixty years old in the high hills of Rovereto Superiore di Gavi; low-yielding old vines cost far more to farm than young flatland Cortese.
Each lot is hand-selected cluster by cluster and held on its native lees in steel until bottling, tying up tank space and labour well beyond a quick-press commercial Gavi.
La Scolca coined the Gavi dei Gavi name and is rated 4.1 by over 14,000 Vivino users; that reputation lifts the Black Label to about 27 pounds at the cellar and up to 48 pounds in the UK, far above generic Gavi.
Gavi earned DOCG, Italy's top tier, in 1998; sourcing only from the Soldati family's own Rovereto estate rather than buying fruit adds cost over negoce Gavi.
At 2026 rates UK still-wine duty is 2.67 pounds a bottle plus 20% VAT, roughly 8 pounds of tax on the 32-pound Gold Edition before any merchant margin.
Unlike Barolo or Barbaresco at three to five times the price, even La Scolca's flagship white starts near 27 pounds, keeping Gavi dei Gavi an attainable Piedmont benchmark.
Dishes that complement this wine
High Cortese acidity, a saline flint core and 12% weight point straight at the sea. La Scolca pours it with oysters, shellfish and seafood, then white meats and light roasts; impepata di cozze and Ligurian trofie al pesto are home matches from Gavi's own corner of Piedmont.
Gavi dei Gavi's high Cortese acidity and saline flint core scour the brine of oysters and mussels, refreshing the palate the way a squeeze of lemon does. La Scolca itself names oysters, shellfish and seafood as the wine's home table.
Try with: Oysters · Impepata di cozze · Cozze arraganate · Baccala Mantecato · More pairings →
The wine's citrus drive and mineral, flinty cut slice through the richness of a seafood fregola or squid ink risotto, while its 12% weight keeps pace without burying the dish. A textbook Cortese match for the primi of Italy's coast.
Try with: Fregula ai frutti di mare · Squid ink risotto · Trofie al pesto · More pairings →
High acidity is the classic foil for fried food: Gavi dei Gavi resets the palate against gnocco fritto and the butter of a seafood risotto, its flinty Cortese line cutting the fat clean.
Try with: Gnocco fritto · Impepata di cozze · Squid ink risotto · More pairings →
Gavi sits on the Ligurian border, and the wine's green-apple and herb-flecked side bridges straight to basil pesto and fresh tomato. The struck-flint mineral note keeps trofie al pesto or a caprese from turning flat.
Try with: Trofie al pesto · Insalata Caprese · Vitello Tonnato · More pairings →
La Scolca recommends the wine beyond fish, with white meats, noble poultry and light roasts. Its broad, savoury mid-palate from native-lees ageing carries roast chicken or Piedmont's vitello tonnato without overpowering them.
Try with: Vitello Tonnato · Roast chicken · Roast turkey · More pairings →
At a delicate 12% with no tannin or oak to lean on, Gavi dei Gavi is overrun by chilli heat and flattened by rich, slow-braised red meat; keep it away from vindaloo, fierce Sichuan dishes and gravy-heavy roasts.
Skip with: Vindaloo · Szechuan beef · Butter chicken · Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce · Pairing guide →
Most Gavi is drunk young, but La Scolca builds the Black Label to last: the producer says it holds well beyond five years, with flint, almond and hazelnut deepening over time. Vivino's crowd still rates the 2019 at 4.2 and the 2018 at 4.2, so good vintages reward five to eight years.
Peak around 2027. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
Unusually age-worthy for Gavi: the producer promises it holds well beyond five years and Vivino still rates the 2019 at 4.2, though it remains a white for the medium not the long term.
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Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumIt is the flagship Black Label white of the La Scolca estate, a Gavi DOCG made from 100% Cortese grown in the high hills of Rovereto Superiore di Gavi. The Soldati family coined the Gavi dei Gavi name and vinifies it sur lie in steel for a flinty, citrus-driven style.
100% Cortese, the white grape of Gavi in south-east Piedmont. La Scolca draws it from vineyards over sixty years old and ferments on the native lees, giving citrus and green apple over a savoury flint and almond character.
La Scolca pours it with oysters, shellfish, seafood and crab, then white meats, poultry and light roasts. Its high acidity and saline flint core also suit seafood pasta, squid ink risotto and Ligurian trofie al pesto from Gavi's own corner of Piedmont.
Yes, more than most Gavi. La Scolca says the Black Label holds its character well beyond five years, developing flint, almond and hazelnut; Vivino still rates the 2019 at 4.2. Good vintages reward five to eight years in the cellar.
The bottles listed here run from about 32 pounds for the 2024 Gold Edition to 48 pounds for the 2019 Black Label, against a producer price of about 27 pounds. All are 750ml of 100% Cortese.
No. La Scolca makes several Gavi: the entry White Label, Villa Scolca, and the flagship Gavi dei Gavi Black Label. The Black Label comes from the oldest vines and is the age-worthy, benchmark bottling, priced well above the White Label.
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