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Kevin's comments: Spicy with a pleasant mineral tone and crisp finish. Good with spicy food.
CANTINA SAN SILVESTRO, PIEMONTE
The Sartirano family?s wine business was founded in 1871, but it was only in the 1950?s that they started to develop the domestic market outside Piemonte, selling their wines in54L barrels. In 1970 the family decided to bottle its wines and installed its first bottling line. Business prospered and in 1976 a new winery was built and the company was renamed Cantina San Silvestro.
Continuing this expansion, in 2001 the family purchased 8 hectares of land in the middle of the Barolo region where they have built a new 5,000 square metre winery with modern Vinification and increaded storage facilities.
In the 1990?s the export market soared and today export sales now account for 60% of San Silvestro?s total production.
San Silvestro produce good quality, typical and commercially priced Piemontese wines from their own grapes as well as working with long term contract growers from the Langhe area and other prime areas of Piemonte.
GAVI DEL COMMUNE DI GAVI DOCG FOSSILI
Grapes: 100% Cortese
Vinification: Soft pressing of the grapes. Fermentation in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks at 16-18C lasting 10 days. The wine is left to rest in stainless steel tanks for 4 months prior to sterile bottling.
Colour: Straw yellow with greenish tinges.
Serve: Chilled as an aperitif or with hors d?oeuvres, seafood, white meats and light pasta dishes.
Taste: Spicy with a pleasant mineral tone and a crisp finish. Good with spicy food.
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