# Airales (Vicara)

> White, Monferrato Casalese Cortese DOC by [Vicara](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/vicara.md), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/vicara-airales).

- **Producer:** Vicara
- **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
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

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.

## Food pairings

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.