Sparkling
Extra Brut
By Cocchi, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Organic Alta Langa DOCG Extra Brut Millésimé, half Pinot Noir and half Chardonnay from a single high vineyard in Monforte d'Alba.
Tasting notes
Clear, crystalline straw colour with greenish reflections. Delicate, fine nose of yarrow and hawthorn, then gorse and acacia, then fresh lemon, grapefruit and pomelo. Clean, clear palate; light limestone and white pepper, with a finish of Mediterranean herbs and nori seaweed.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Alta Langa DOCG
- Grape
- Pinot Nero 50%, Chardonnay 50% (organic farming)
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- White, calcareous and dry marly soils
- Exposure
- West
- Harvest
- 26 to 29 August (2020 batch)
- Vineyard planting
- Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grown on the same soil and in the same plot, at particularly high altitude
- Vinification
- Each variety is pressed and fermented separately in steel vats, without wood. After selection of the best small batches, cold fermentation without fining agents, then blending. Maturation on the lees until the first disgorgement of the batch, 46 months. Extra brut.
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