Tasting notes
Fine and persistent perlage, complex nose of ripe and spicy fruit, with creamy, slightly buttery notes and tasty acidity that gratify a long and intense finish.
Riserva represents the best expression of the longevity of Alta Langa Metodo Classico. Extended aging gives this wine a unique elegance and complexity.
Fine and persistent perlage, complex nose of ripe and spicy fruit, with creamy, slightly buttery notes and tasty acidity that gratify a long and intense finish.
Perfect with raw seafood, oysters and tuna tartare, it also enhances more structured dishes such as shellfish in butter and white meats in sauce. Its elegance makes it ideal with aged cheeses, and foie gras. Serving temperature 7-8°C. Sugars are the result of naturally occurring residues and are measurable between 1 and 3 g/L.
It begins with soft pressing of the whole cluster obtaining several separate fractions of must. After cold static decantation and light clarification, selected yeasts are inoculated. Cuvées are matured for seven months in steel on their own yeast, without malolactic fermentation. The tirage – usually in April – allows for complex and structured wines ready for the second fermentation in the bottle. Maturation on the lees for a minimum of 36 months, disgorgement à la glace. Maturation in bottle for a minimum of 3 months before release.
The branch vineyards-about 6 hectares-are located on the hilly ridge from Strevi to Castino, set at an altitude of up to 450 m asl. The soils from which the grapes that characterize our Cuvée come can be defined as an amalgam of gray-white marls with a strong limestone component.