Sparkling

Alta Langa Blanc de Blancs

By Bera, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy

Bera Alta Langa Blanc de Blancs

Critics and guides

  • Award: Tre Bicchieri (Gambero Rosso, Vini d'Italia 2027), vintage 2022 (source)

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Extra Brut metodo classico from 100% Chardonnay grown on the Langa hills, aged on the lees. The tech sheet is for the 2020 millesimato.

Tasting notes

Colour: straw yellow with golden reflections, and a fine, persistent perlage. Nose: bread crust and yeast alongside the primary, elegant aromas of chardonnay, enhanced by the long ageing. Palate: dry, rich and savoury, lifted by marked acidity; fine, delicate, intense.

Pairs well with

Ideal as an aperitif and throughout the meal

Technical details

Style
Sparkling
Denomination
Alta Langa DOCG
Grape
Chardonnay
Production area
Langa hills
Soil
Calcareous, marly
Harvest
Mid to late August; hand-sorted in the vineyard and picked in perforated crates
Vineyard planting
About 4,800 vines per hectare, Guyot
Vinification
Whole bunches go straight into the press after a second hand sorting, with a soft pressing. The free-run must settles and ferments in temperature-controlled steel tanks. The base wine stays on its fine lees with battonage, and the cuvée is made from base wines of the same vintage. The second fermentation starts in bottle the following spring, followed by a long ageing on the lees in temperature-controlled rooms, then remuage and disgorgement a la glace. Extra Brut.

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