# Mariapia (Davide Carlone)

> White, Colline Novaresi DOC Bianco by [Davide Carlone](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/davide-carlone.md), Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/davide-carlone-mariapia).

- **Producer:** Davide Carlone
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Colline Novaresi DOC Bianco
- **Grape:** Indigenous white grape 100% (see regulations)
- **Production area:** Prato Sesia
- **Soil:** Land rich in porphyry, giving an acidic, sterile soil
- **Exposure:** South, South-West
- **Harvest:** Second/third decade of September, manual selection and harvesting
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot training, 3,800 vines/hectare, yield 80 quintals/hectare, on 1 hectare: 0.5 ha of 6-year-old vines and 0.5 ha of 4-year-old vines
- **Vinification:** Grapes destemmed and crushed right after harvest, then left to macerate for 4 days at low temperature in steel tanks before pressing and fermentation; racked and lightly sulphited after alcoholic fermentation. Aged 6-8 months in steel tanks, released 4 months after harvest.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-26


## Summary

A short-macerated white from an indigenous local grape, grown in Prato Sesia under the Colline Novaresi DOC Bianco, released four months after harvest.

## Tasting notes

Straw yellow. Marked by a pronounced freshness, with perfumes of small white mountain flowers, followed by crisp fruit, yellow fruit and citrus, and a toasted almond finish. A fragrant white, its fine sapidity making it elegant and easy to drink.

## Food pairings

Starters, first courses, fish, white meats and mild cheeses.