Alta Langa

Denomination: DOCG
Grape base: Pinot Nero and/or Chardonnay: 90–100%
Region: Piedmont

Maturation requirements

Minimum elaboration from bottle fermentation, including time on the lees.

Spumante

Minimum: At least 30 months

Riserva

Minimum: At least 36 months

Piedmont’s hills, another sparkling tradition

Pinot Nero and Chardonnay meet in a bottle-fermented sparkling wine from the southern Piedmont hills.

Alta Langa’s story brings together the suitability of Piedmont’s hills and the region’s experience in making sparkling wine. The specification traces the denomination to a regional project that tested vineyards and traditional-method production together.

The white and rosé wines share that method. Their identity begins in hillside vineyards and continues through a long elaboration in bottle, giving you a different route into Piedmont’s wine culture.

Fermentation in bottle, time on the lees

Alta Langa uses the traditional method, with a second fermentation in bottle. The minimum elaboration period, counted from that fermentation and including time on the lees, is 30 months; for Riserva it is 36 months.

The harvest year must appear on the label. It is a useful detail to notice alongside the white or rosé style and the Riserva mention.

Hills in three Piedmont provinces

The grape area covers named hillside sites in the provinces of Cuneo, Asti and Alessandria. The vineyard rules require an elevation of at least 250 meters and exclude damp, level valley-floor sites.

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