Description
Cortese 2023 is a natural wine crafted by , in the Savoie region in . This wine is made with grapes.
It’s part of I Vicini (“the neighbours”), the négoce project Jean-Yves started in 2017 to work with chemical-free growers on the Italian side of the Alps. The Cortese comes from Giorgio Barbero in Asti, Piedmont, and is brought back over the mountains to be made in Jean-Yves’ cellar in Savoie.
Cortese is best known as the grape behind Gavi, usually made as a crisp, clean white. Jean-Yves takes it somewhere else entirely: whole bunches usually macerated on the skins, then aged in large foudres. Native yeasts and no added sulphites. It sits at 12% alcohol.
This cuvée shows freshness, gentle spice and white pepper notes, with a subtle grip and soft acidity. Lovely as an aperitif, and a very different take on a grape most people only know from Gavi.
DRINK IN ONE SITTING, as with all these wines.
