Altare's latest label continues the legacy of Ferdinando Principiano's Dosset, a historic tribute to the most authentic wines of the Langhe. Made today from forty-year-old vines, it is a fragrant and sincere wine, with a crisp and smooth palate, capable of immediately expressing the most authentic character of the terroir.
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Red grapes
Alcohol content: 11%.
Aging: 9 months in steel tanks.
Contains sulfites
The Barolo Bussia Riserva by Carlo Viglione e Figli is an elegant and persistent red wine. It has a full palate and pronounced tannins. A true local highlight, it faithfully reflects the Langhe terroir. Made from
Region: Piedmont.
Grapes: Nebbiolo.
Alcohol content: 14,5%.
Aging: 48 months in wooden barrels.
Contains sulfites
The Semplicemente Vino Bellotti Rosa is a simple, immediate and drinkable rosé wine that ages in large oak barrels. Intense coral pink color, the scents are vinous and fruity. The sip is pleasant, fresh, with a good persistence finish.
Denomination: Rosè wine
Grapes: Red grapes.
Alcohol content: 13%.
Aging: 12 months in wooden barrels.
Contains sulfites
The Barbera d’Alba DOC by Spirito Agricolo is a red wine characterized by freshness, enveloping and an intense fruity profile. Soft and with the right amount of warmth, it stands out for its agility and dynamism in the mouth, culminating in a long, decisive and seductive finish. It is a wine that, left in the cellar, can reserve pleasant unexpected surprises, revealing interesting evolutions over time.
Region: Piedmont.
Grapes: Barbera.
Alcohol content: 14.5%.
Aging: 3/6 mounths in steel.
Contains sulfites
Dogliani by Altare is a red wine made from 100% Dolcetto grapes. Explosive nose of fresh red fruit. In the mouth it is disarmingly pleasant. An alcoholic fruit juice.
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Dolcetto.
Alcohol content: 12,5%.
Aging: 9 months in steel tanks.
Contains sulfites
Cascina Fonda's Moscato d'Asti "Bel Piano" is truly an excellent choice for the holidays. Its sweetness and freshness make it perfect to accompany Christmas desserts or to be enjoyed alone as an aperitif. The fine perlage adds a pleasant effervescence, making every sip a unique experience. Not only is it a wine that satisfies the palate, but also its bouquet of enveloping aromas manages to create a festive and warm atmosphere. Definitely a wine not to be missed for Christmas dinner!
Region: Piedmont.
Grapes: White Muscat.
Alcohol content: 5%.
Aging: Refermentation in autoclave.
Contains sulfites
Morra Gabriele's Barbaresco is produced with Nebbiolo grapes that come from 60-70 year old vines. It ages for a year and a half in large barrels. An enveloping wine, to be followed in its evolution. Material, complex, it has texture and character. The nose brings back a tangible memory: the autumnal land of Barbaresco, when the countryside begins to rest after the efforts of the harvest. Withered flowers, ripe raspberries and lots of blueberries. The delicate tannin and tension in the mouth, elegant but well supported.
Region: Piedmont.
Grapes: Nebbiolo
Alcohol content: 14,5%.
Aging: In 50 hl Slavonian oak barrels for 18 months.
Contains sulfites
Tenuta Migliavacca's Barbera del Monferrato is a red wine with character, which embraces the mouth to envelop it with full-bodied persuasiveness, pampers it with relevant acidity and abandons it with a nervous and classy finish, worthy of a purebred Barbera.
Grapes: Barbera
Alcohol content: 13%.
Aging: 12 months in 60 hl Slavonian oak barrels.
Contains sulfites
Barolo La Foia by Nadia Curto is an intense, structured and full red wine. Expressive already at a young age, it moves elegantly in the mouth in a dance between withered flowers, small ripe fruits, liquorice and leather. The sip is fresh, but caloric, rightly tannic and never aggressive. A traditional Barolo of surprising readiness and with great evolution.
Grapes: Nebbiolo
Alcohol content: 14%.
Aging: 24 months in oak barrels.
Contains sulfites
Anarchia Constitutionale by Massa is a partially fermented grape must based on white grapes that proves sweet and with low alcohol content. The selection of the grapes takes place in the first ten days of September. Maceration of the same and subsequent pressing; after 12 hours inactivation of the spontaneous fermentation phase by refrigeration and filtration. Constitutional Anarchy is straw yellow in color with a fresh nose of floral and fruity aromas. The taste is soft, fresh and aromatic.
Grapes: Local white grapes.
Alcohol content: 5%.
Aging: Some months in steel.
Contains sulfites
Pecoranera is a tannic wine, with good acidity and softness obtained from red grapes. The Pecoranera ages for a few years in barrels of various sizes and then undergoes a very long aging process in the bottle, approximately 8 years. The wine is not filtered before being bottled. It has an intense ruby color. The nose releases aromas of ripe red fruits followed by ethereal and spicy notes. The sip is warm, full-bodied, soft, with good freshness and with velvety tannins. Closes with a good length.
Grapes: Red grapes.
Alcohol content: 13.5%.
Aging: A few years in big barrels and a very long period in the bottle.
Contains sulfites
Cantina Fontana's Dolcetto d’Alba is a fresh and fruity red wine. The daily red of the Langhe, the undisputed protagonist of the everyday table. For meals and snacks, an intellectually undemanding wine, but gastronomically unbeatable.
Regione: Piedmont
Grapes: Dolcetto
Alcohol content: 12,5%.
Aging: 5 months in steel.
Contains sulfites
The Semplicemente Vino Bellotti Rosa is a simple, immediate and drinkable rosé wine that ages in large oak barrels. Intense coral pink color, the scents are vinous and fruity. The sip is pleasant, fresh, with a good persistence finish.
Denomination: Rosè wine
Grapes: Red grapes.
Alcohol content: 13,5%.
Aging: 12 months in wooden barrels.
Contains sulfites
460 Casina Bric's Barolo Bricco delle Viole is a powerful and complex wine, exuberant and enterprising. Vinified in oak vats with the traditional batting of the hat. On the skins for 35/40 days. Refine in Slavonian oak barrels. Violet, leather and aromatic herbs open to an elegantly structured palate. Sapid, mineral, surprising, with austere tannins of great impact. The Barolo Bricco delle Viole will become a gentleman at the age of 18.
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo
Alcohol content: 13.5%.
Aging: 24 months in 25/50 hl wooden barrels.
Contains sulfites
Mesdì Rosso by 460 Casina Bric is a medium-bodied red wine, with gentle tannins, and notes of fresh fruit and spices. Harvesting at full maturity towards the beginning of October allows a long maturation ranging from 20 to 40 days, with a subsequent refinement between wood and steel. Perfect with a plate of pasta with meat sauce or with a cheese platter.
Grapes: Red grapes.
Alcohol content: 14%.
Aging: 6/8 months in 25/50 hl wooden barrels.
Contains sulfites
Boca by Sergio Barbaglia is a full-bodied and intense red wine that comes from Nebbiolo and Vespolina grapes. It ages for 24 months in oak barrels which makes it a great wine with extraordinary personality
Region: Piedmont.
Grapes: 80% Nebbiolo, 20% Vespolina
Alcohol content: 13.5%.
Aging: 24 months in oak barrels, then 12 months in the bottle.
Contains suflites
The Langhe Bianco di Principiano is a wine made from 100% Timorasso grapes from a small vineyard located in Serravalle Langhe at 750 meters above sea level. Vinified and aged in steel. Soils rich in limestone and significant temperature variations give grapes rich in explosive acid-salty energy. Snappy and nervous wine, tasty and infiltrating when young, surprising with the passing of the years.
Region: Piedmont.
Grapes: Timorasso.
Alcohol content: 11.5%.
Aging: Some months in steel.
Contains sulfites
Aura by Valdisole is a fragrant and fresh macerated white wine with a great drink due to a light alcohol content. Persuasiveness of fruit and mineral hardness chase each other and play to give you a rare, almost unique and classy wine.
Grapes: Local white grapes.
Alcohol content: 12,5%.
Aging: 8 month in steel tanks.
Contains sulfites
Tenuta Grillo's Pratoasciutto is an important wine made from red grapes. During the harvest, the selection of the grapes is obsessive, while in the cellar the fermentation is spontaneous with very long macerations of 40-60 days on the skins, in order to extract all the tannin necessary for aging. Refine 30 months in wooden vats, then long rest in the bottle, without filtration or clarification.
Grapes: Red grapes.
Alcohol content: 13,5%.
Aging: A few years in big barrels and a very long period in the bottle.
Contains sulfites
Rosè and The Beast is a bottle refermented wine obtained from red grapes according to the bottle refermentation method. The grapes come from vineyards located on limestone and loamy soils at 350 m.s.l.m. First fermentation in steel tanks without maceration and refermentation in the bottle with the addition of must. A sparkling wine with a lively foam that expresses fresh floral notes and fragrant fruity scents to the nose, offering a pleasant olfactory bouquet. The taste is smooth, fresh and smooth, with good persistence and excellent drinkability. A wine synonymous with celebration and lightness.
Denomination: Sparkling wine
Grapes: Local red grapes
Alcohol content: 12,5%.
Aging: Refermented in the bottle.
Contains sulfites
No, it is not a grimace and it is not even giving the numbers ... "68" is the new label of Nadia Verrua dedicated to her Dad Ottavio and her uncle Sisto, second and third generation of winemakers of Cascina Tavijn. A wine that impresses with its highly enjoyable sip, which ferments and refines for a few months in fiberglass tanks.
Grapes: Red grapes.
Alcohol content: 13,5%.
Aging: Some months in steel.
Contains sulfites
"La Comédie" by Tenuta Foresto is a sparkling wine that is born with the method of refermentation in the bottle. It is produced from pure red grapes that come from old vineyards cultivated in a biodynamic regime, which are found on sandy and silty-marly soils. Spontaneous fermentation and bottling with the addition of must of the previous year so that with the arrival of the first warm ones, the second fermentation starts again with the formation of bubbles. La Comédie offers vinous aromas and small red berried fruits. In the mouth it gives an energetic sip, a marked acidity, and an excellent drink.
Grapes: Local red grapes.
Alcohol content: 13,5%.
Aging: Refermentation in the bottle.
Contains sulfites
Valfaccenda's Roero Arneis is a fresh and vibrant wine that ages partly in steel and partly in barrique. It has a strong straw yellow color. The nose expresses aromas of ripe and exotic fruit with mineral hints. On the palate it is warm, tasty, characterized by a lively freshness and a long and savory finish.
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Arneis.
Alcohol content: 13.5%.
Aging: 6 months in steel tanks (70%) and 4 months in barrique (30%, then all in the bottle for a few months.
Conteins sulfites
Giallo di Costa is an orange wine full of character and structure. Spontaneous vinification with only indigenous yeasts and maceration on the skins for 3 months in steel tanks. Refine in large acacia barrels. Unfiltered and unclarified before being bottled. It has an intense golden yellow color. The nose releases ripe fruity notes that recall peach and apricot, scents of candied citrus fruits and honey. The sip is full-bodied, fresh, characterized by a subtle tannins and infinite persistence. To try absolutely.
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Timorasso
Alcohol content: 16%.
Aging: 12 motnhs in acacia barrel.
Contains sulfites