White
Altior
By Chionetti, Dogliani, Piemonte, Italy
Chionetti's Langhe DOC Riesling, labeled Altior on the bottle, from a single vineyard at about 600 m in the Alta Langa. Certified organic, with 5,000 bottles produced.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow with green reflections. Delicate notes of white flowers and citrus, with more vegetal hints when young. Prominent acidity, great freshness, savory finish.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Riesling
- Grape
- Riesling Renano 100%
- Production area
- A single vineyard in the hamlet of Martina, municipality of Dogliani, at about 600 m on a south-facing slope of whitish marls alternating with compact sandstone, the so-called 'stone of Langa'; poor, shallow soils prone to summer drought, at the boundary of the Lequio and Murazzano formations.
- Soil
- Whitish marls alternating with compact sandstone ('Langa stone'), poor and shallow.
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- September
- Vineyard planting
- Planted in 2019 with Rhine Riesling clones.
- Vinification
- Harvest, settling and alcoholic fermentation in September, then 8 months on the lees in temperature-controlled steel tanks.
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