Sparkling
Alta Langa Metodo Classico
By Tenuta Rocca, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Pinot Nero and Chardonnay metodo classico, with at least 36 months on the lees.
Tasting notes
Deep straw yellow. Dried fruit, lightly toasted bread and wildflowers on the nose. Full, rich entry, then lightly aromatic notes carried by elegant acidity. Dense perlage and a creamy feel.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Alta Langa DOCG
- Grape
- Pinot Nero, Chardonnay
- Production area
- Corini, Roddino (CN)
- Soil
- Lequio formation (Serravallian), whitish very calcareous marls alternating with thin layers of sand and "pietre di Langa" (compacted sandstone), shallow soils with very little water availability
- Exposure
- Northeast, east, southeast, 500 m
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot
- Vinification
- Shoot and early bunch thinning during ripening, bunch selection at harvest. Gentle pressing, fermentation in steel tanks at 14-16 C, then 6 months in old wooden barrels with periodic batonnage. Second fermentation in bottle, at least 36 months on the lees.
- Serving temperature
- 6-8 °C
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