Grapes : grown from Château d’Esclans vineyards, consisting primarily of Grenache and Rolle.
Vinification: Harvesting at sunrise to noon
Grapes are sorted by optical eye electronically and manually three times.
No maceration, free run and pressed juice partially vinified in demi-muids and stainless steel, both temperature controlled.
Tasting notes: Open-knit, featuring a fun ball of white cherry and peach fruit flavours, lined with a subtle verbena note. Breezy finish.
Grapes: grown on choice land in surrounding region of La Motte en Provence, consisting primarily of Grenache, Cinsault, Rolle, Syrah, and Tibouren.
Vinification: Harvesting at sunrise to noon.
Optical Grape sorting
Destemming and slight crushing at 7-8 degrees Celsius to avoid oxidation.
Both, free run juice and pressed juices are vinified in stainless steel.
Tasting notes: A fresh, juicy, and flattering rosé, offering white cherry and raspberry fruit laced with bright acidity and backed by a streak of talc detail on the finish for spine.
Varietal: Chardonnay
Age of vineyards: 35 – 40 years
Alcoholic fermentation: stainless steel at 12-13° C
Malolactic fermentation: None
Maturation: stainless steel on the lees for four months and then two months in the bottle.
Color: Intense pale yellow with greenish reflections, very consistent.
Bouquet: Inevitable pleasure from the intensity of this wine. Fruity and floral at the beginning, pineapple and white flowers, apple and a bit of acacia. After a few minutes the aroma evolves into notes of crusty bread and honey, which come from the maturation on the lees.
Palate: Soft and fresh in the mouth. Pleasingly persistent which allows us to appreciate the bouquet.
Alcohol content: 13% vol.
Serving temperature: 10-12°C
Pairings: Excellent as an aperitif or with light appetizers. During a meal it pairs well with white meats like pheasant, and is perfect with fish dishes such as first courses with crustaceans or main dishes like Mediterranean Sea Bass.
Winemaker: Riccardo Cotarella
Area of production:
Castagnole Monferrato, Montemagno (Piedmont).
Vine training system:
Low trained Guyot system with 7-8 buds on the fruiting cane.
Grape variety:
Ruchè.
Grape harvest:
80% harvested with perfect ripening conditions 20% harvested in overriping directly in the vineyard.
Ageing:
Maturation in steel tanks and subsequently in the bottle positioned horizontally with controlled temperature.
Colour:
Intense ruby red with slight purple reactions in youth, turning garnet after the first few years in the bottle.
Nose:
Intense, persistent, slightly aromatic and fruity with aromas typical of wild berries jam.
Palate:
Warm on the palate, pleasant, rare silkiness.
Vinified at Banfi Piemonte estate cellars in Strevi, this elegant wine is the expression of the Alta Langa project.
GRAPE VARIETIES: Pinot noir (70%) and Chardonnay (30%). All grapes are selected and hand-picked in hilltop Piedmontese vineyards located in the provinces of Cuneo, Asti and Alessandria.
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE: Soft pressing of the grapes is followed by clarification of the must and by fermentation at controlled temperatures. 10% of the cuvée consists of the previous vintage wine, aged in barrique. Fermentation takes place in the bottle according to the Classical Method. Yeast contact is extended for at least 30 months followed by traditional hand riddling (remuage) on pupitres and dégorgement à la glace.
DESCRIPTION
Color: pale gold colour with tiny and persistent perlage.
Bouquet: intense and fragrant with notes of yeast and vanilla.
Taste: on the palate the wine is well balanced with gentle acidity and harmonious with a soft hint of bitterness on finish.
WINEMAKER’S NOTES: Alta Langa is a new Piedmontese DOC appellation. In each bottle of Cuvée Aurora, the current vintage is enriched by the addition of 10% of the previous vintage cuvée aged in oak barrels. The result is very round, rich and long aging sparkling wine.
Roero is a small paradise made up of sandy dunes in yellow ochre clay tones covered with green vineyards, all of which combine to create a magical and enchanted landscape. The vineyard traditions in the Roero territory were the inspiration for this denomination and have their roots set deeply over time. Roero is made from pure Nebbiolo grapes, which reach their apex in Barolo and Barbaresco, and in Roero produce a rare fine and elegant wine which has experienced great success over only a few years’ time.
The vineyard from which it comes is the oldest vineyard of Nebbiolo grapes owned by the company, planted in 1946 by Giovanni Demarie along with his brother when the latter returned from the war. Giovanni, 20 years younger, has known its brother on his return. This vineyard, therefore, still tells the story of two brothers among them unknown and a return home after six years of war and captivity.
Variety: 100% Nebbiolo grapes
Colour: deep carnet with brick-coloured reflections
Scent in perfume: ethereal and intense with hints of violet, raspberries and blackberries, tinged with elegant touches of spice
Flavour: full-bodied wine, harmonious, warm and powerful. Sensations of violet and red fruits with an undertone of the pleasant spiced fragrances of liquorice and cocoa.
Best served at: 18° C. – 65° F.
In traditional local culture, the name Arneis is given to someone who is an extrovert, a bit of a rebel, original but with a certain charm. For this reason we are proud to present this fine white wine from the Roero hills, as it shows all the excellent qualities of its name. The sandy terroir provides this wine with a full intense aroma, and the limestone and clay, its strong body and structure. One of the great white wines of Piedmont, Arneis is the result of a lucky rediscovery, due to the intuition, headstrong passion, and the business capacity of the winegrowers of the Roero region. Within a very short time, this authentic champion of local winemaking has made itself a name in the list of international quality wines.
Variety: 100% Arneis grapes
Colour: brilliant, sunny, bright with shades of straw yellow and green reflections
Scent in perfume: full-bodied, robust and intense, composite and delicate. Floral as well as fruity nuances of broom, camomile, peach and apricot
Flavour: dry, palatable and pleasantly harmonic. Fresh and persistent with a slightly almond aftertaste
Best served at: 8-10° C. – 47-50° F.
Food matches: excellent as an aperitif, it is perfect with hors d’oeuvres, light, vegetable first courses. Ideal also with fish or poultry
Serve at 18°-20°C
GRAPE VARIETY
100% Barbera
AGEING
18 months in oak barrels
ACIDITY
6 gr/l
SUGARS (REDUCERS)
0,3-0,5 gr/lt
ALCOHOL
14,0% Vol
VOLUME
750 ml
TASTING NOTES
Characteristics
Ruby red colour with purple hints. Delicate, alcohol-rich, intense, full and lingering aromas. Complex and well balanced body.
Winemaking
Grapes are selected and hand-picked. Crushing/destemming, long submerged-cap maceration 3 weeks. Fermentation in steel temperature controlled vats at 28°-29°. Maturation in oak barrels.
Grape: as tradition demands, 90% Nebbiolo, 10% Vespolina
Vine training system: guyot
Area of production: own vineyard on top of the hill, historically called Ronco dell’Ulivo, in the territory of Ghemme
Orientation: East-West
Average yield per acre: about 2,200 kg, selection of the best grapes
Harvesting: hand-picked during the first fortnight of October and transported to the winery in small crates
Vinification: soft press of the grapes, fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks, monitoring the remontage frequency and the oxygen intake, so as to encourage the extraction of polyphenols. This is followed by malolactic fermentation
Ageing: at least 3 years for the traditional Ghemme
Finishing: at least 6 months in the bottle
Bottle: inspired by an original dated 1904
Notes: Torraccia declares a Riserva only in the greatest years, when the weather and the climatic conditions have been exceptionally good, allowing the grapes to mature absolutely perfectly. Only if we deem that the wine is exceptional, do we bottle it bottle it as a Riserva. The vintage 2009 is the second Riserva of the century. The yield is only 2,000 kg per acre.
The Riserva has a ruby-red colour with garnet shades, a fine, intense nose with hints of violet and liquorice. In the mouth, it is dry, powerful and sapid with soft velvety tannins and good residual acidity. We expect this wine to continue to develop well over the next 20 years.
Country: Italy
Area: Northern – Piedmont
Varietal composition: 100% Nebbiolo
Soil: rocky and abundant minerals of iron which give the tipical reddish colour to the indigenous rock
Climate: typical of the piedmont area, in respect to that of the plain. It permits an even distribution of precipitation between both spring and autumn, and a ventilation of the vineyard supported by almost daily descending” winds brought about by the Alpine bow. In the winter, snow is frequent, which supports the slow process of sedimentation of the soil
Harvest: first part of October
Winemaking: crushed and macerated for about 15 days in stain-less steel tanks at controlled temperature. The wine is aged for 3 years, 2 years in Slovenian oak of different origin and size, then rest in the bottle for 3 months
Wine Description: a deep pomegranate red wine; medium-bodied wine shows good depth in its red fruit. Soft silky tannins, with a good structure and intense mineral fragrance
Serving temperature: 18/20° C
Shelf life: 8-10 years, if correctly stored
Alcohol: 13.5%Vol.
Acidity: 5.9 g/l
Sugar residual: 1.1 g/l