# La Rena (Pelassa)

> Sparkling, Spumante Brut Millesimato by [Pelassa](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/pelassa.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/pelassa-la-rena).

- **Producer:** Pelassa
- **Style:** Sparkling
- **Denomination:** Spumante Brut Millesimato
- **Grape:** Arneis
- **Cru / vineyard:** La Rena
- **Production area:** 330 m a.s.l.
- **Soil:** red sand with gravel
- **Harvest:** manual, between late August and early September
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot, 4900 vines per hectare
- **Vinification:** Handpicked grapes, destemmed, one third of bunches whole-bunch pressed to aid drainage and texture; the juice settles 36-48 hours at 14°C, then ferments about 12 days at 16°C. Aged in temperature-controlled steel tanks in contact with fine lees. Second fermentation (prise de mousse) takes place in temperature-controlled steel autoclaves with selected indigenous yeasts, followed by about two months of bottle refinement.
- **Serving temperature:** 6-8°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

A Metodo Charmat/Martinotti brut sparkling wine made from Arneis grapes, with a second fermentation in autoclave and about two months of bottle refinement.

## Tasting notes

A nice acidity gives freshness and persistence, with a particular natural salinity typical of Arneis from Montà d'Alba, and fine perlage.