# Chiara (Tenuta Rocca)

> White, Langhe DOC Chiara by [Tenuta Rocca](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/tenuta-rocca.md), Barolo, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/tenuta-rocca-chiara).

- **Producer:** Tenuta Rocca
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Langhe DOC Chiara
- **Grape:** Chardonnay
- **Soil:** Lequio formation (Serravallian), young soils with poor water availability made up of calcareous clay marls
- **Exposure:** West, 370 m
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot; organic fertilisation and compost, mechanical weeding; certified organic
- **Vinification:** Shoot and early bunch thinning during ripening, bunch selection at harvest. Gentle pressing, static settling, fermentation in barriques. Aged in wood on the lees with periodic stirring.
- **Serving temperature:** 10-12 °C
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-05



## Summary

Barrique-fermented Chardonnay, one of the estate's "Selections", from the Ornati hill.

## Tasting notes

Deep straw yellow. Exotic fruit and banana on the nose with an enveloping butteriness. Almond, delicate florals and honey on the palate with great persistence.