Freddy R. Troya

8.9

Rosa Dell’Olmo – Gavi DOCG 2025
Cortese – Piemonte, Italy 🇮🇹

Overview
Made from 100% Cortese, the 2025 vintage stays remarkably faithful to the elegant Gavi style. Compared with the 2024, the profile is strikingly similar, showing perhaps a touch more freshness and lift while preserving the crisp, mineral-driven character that makes this appellation so consistently enjoyable.

Aromas & Flavors
White flowers, pear, green apple, lemon zest, and subtle citrus blossom, supported by delicate mineral notes and a clean, dry finish.

Mouthfeel
Light to medium-bodied with lively acidity, refreshing minerality, and a slightly more vibrant energy than the previous vintage. Crisp, graceful, and effortlessly drinkable.

Food Pairings
Oysters, grilled shrimp, seafood pasta, sushi, fresh salads, goat cheese, or enjoyed as a refreshing aperitif.

Verdict
Rather than reinventing the wine, the 2025 vintage builds on the strengths of the 2024. The differences are subtle, with a slightly brighter and more uplifting profile, making it another reliable expression of classic Gavi.

Did You Know?
Gavi was the first white wine in Piemonte to earn DOCG status. While the region is famous for Barolo and Barbaresco, Gavi has long been considered one of Italy’s benchmark dry white wines thanks to the Cortese grape’s naturally vibrant acidity and mineral elegance.

🍷 Personal Pick
What impressed me most is the consistency. Tasted side by side, the 2025 doesn’t try to be dramatically different—it simply feels a touch fresher while preserving everything I enjoyed about the 2024. That’s exactly the kind of reliability I appreciate in a well-made Gavi. — 3 days ago

Deb Peacock

8.9

Delicious wine served by the amazing Riccardo at Antica Osteria in Brampton. — 3 months ago

with Bob

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

8.9

2024 vintage. Pretty, sunny and bright. Spring is sprung. 3.11.26. — 4 months ago

George Hesse

9.4

Very good. In London. — 8 months ago

romo

9.1

Day-two magic. A fine white @Chris Buggy might enjoy. — a year ago

Karl Kuchenmeister

9.4

Light and fruity taste. A dryer but we’ll balanced white. — 5 years ago

Freddy R. Troya

9.0

Villa Sparina Gavi Cortese 2024
Gavi DOCG – Piemonte, Italy 🇮🇹

Overview
Made from 100% Cortese, the 2024 vintage feels even more uplifting and rounded compared to the already solid 2023 release. Villa Sparina continues to showcase why Gavi remains one of Northern Italy’s most dependable white wine styles, balancing freshness, elegance, and effortless drinkability. This vintage particularly shines with its harmony and polished personality.

Aromas & Flavors
Bright citrus, crisp green apple, white peach, and subtle pear notes lead the way, followed by delicate floral tones and a touch of almond on the finish. The fruit profile feels more expressive and integrated in 2024, giving the wine extra charm without losing its mineral-driven identity.

Mouthfeel
Light to medium-bodied with refreshing acidity and a beautifully rounded texture. Clean, vibrant, and very balanced from start to finish, offering both tension and softness in a way that makes the wine incredibly easy to revisit glass after glass.

Food Pairings
Excellent with seafood pasta, grilled shrimp, lemon herb chicken, oysters, risotto, or fresh cheeses. Also fantastic as a pure aperitif wine.

Verdict
The 2024 vintage feels more complete and harmonious than the previous release, showing extra polish while keeping the classic crisp personality of Gavi intact. Refreshing, elegant, and dangerously easy to enjoy.

Did You Know?
Gavi DOCG is produced exclusively from Cortese grapes in southeastern Piemonte, near the Ligurian border, which partially explains its coastal-like freshness and saline edge despite being an inland appellation.

🍷 Personal Pick
This has officially become my “wine king opener” and one of my new Northern Italy staples. The 2024 vintage simply feels more alive, rounded, and balanced, a bottle that surprises everyone and every time I have pour for friends that have never taste it. Cheers! — a month ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Pale lemon color with aromas of stone fruits, citrus and floral notes. On the palate flavors of peach, apple and lemon citrus with lively acidity and blossom notes. Medium+ finish ending with citrus and creamy mineral character. Drink now while it’s fresh. — 4 months ago

Alden Ridley

9.1

Pungent aroma at first, almost like a farm. But then it opens into sweeter notes like peach and stone fruits. Finishes with a strong minerality. Enjoyed with a fennel salad and couscous and it paired really well! — 5 months ago

Mica Nkusi

9.2

A lovely versatile white that comes alive when chilled — 7 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.0

Solid quaffer with character — 9 months ago

with Sarah

Jody Scharf

8.9

Pale fruits. Easy — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Made from Cortese grapes grown within the Comune di Gavi, pale lemon color with aromas of stone and citrus fruits with floral notes. On the palate flavors of pear, green apple and lemon citrus with lively acidity, honey and blossom notes. Medium savory finish ending with nutty citrus and floral mineral character. — a month ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Down the middle gavi. If you like most gavis for their crisp expression as we do this will not disappoint. Certainly not bad for the price. — 3 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Gavi comes from small growing area in northwestern Italy located north of Genoa on steep slopes of Ligurian Apennines. White label is La Scolca’s everyday wine, an alternative to their “Black Label”. From Cortese di Gavi grape (younger vines), pale yellow color with aromas of stone and citrus fruits, extended lees aging. On the palate flavors of apple and lemon, nutty notes, nice mouthfeel. Medium finish, vivid acidity ending with a mineral character. Nice! — 4 months ago

Paul Spetrini

9.0

Go-to workhorse white wine. Good in summer, good in winter, great sharp minerality and green flavor — 5 months ago

Sergio Del Rio

9.5

At John Aisenstat Memorial Scholarship Dinner with Carisa. — 5 months ago

Angela Sanks

9.5

Fabulous! White stone fruit, Asian pear — 8 months ago

Mark Mannebach

9.0

Crisp, lemon, burnt marshmallow and some minerality. — 3 years ago

Richard Benitez

9.0

Pale lemon, tart, lemon soda. Crisp, yet soft. Floral, dry, good balance. — 5 years ago