White

Airales

By Vicara, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy

Vicara Airales

A pure Cortese whose name comes from the Monferrato dialect word for a sunny, breezy outdoor spot. It returns in 2025 as a single-variety wine, with 11.5% alcohol, aged six months on the lees in steel.

Tasting notes

Bright, pale straw yellow with greenish highlights. On the nose, yellow flowers and wildflowers stand out, particularly chamomile, alongside green apple and medicinal herbs.

Pairs well with

Summer aperitifs and fresh vegetable dishes, seafood and young mild cheeses; also risotto with nettles, asparagus flan, grilled cuttlefish, goat cheese balls or prawns in kataifi pastry.

Technical details

Style
White
Denomination
Monferrato Casalese Cortese DOC
Grape
Cortese 100%
Cru / vineyard
Vigna Ovest
Production area
Monferrato
Soil
Calcareous marl; fertilised with green compost and cover cropping
Vineyard planting
Vigna Ovest, 350 m above sea level, Guyot training under organic management (in conversion), 4,500 vines per hectare, yield 1,500 g per vine
Vinification
Temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks, malolactic fermentation completed; 6 months in stainless steel on the lees with periodic batonnage
Serving temperature
8-10 °C

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