More than 60 different cuvées, 28 producers, two masterclasses, a Bubble Bar with a cocktail dedicated to the event: the Alte Bubbly Piedmontese are presented in Rome Monday 17 June at Palazzo Brancaccio. The event organized by Alta Langa Consortium it is reserved for an audience of professional operators: wine sellers, restaurateurs, barmen, HoReCa operators, buyers, distributors and journalists.
The distinctive feature of the Alta Langa is that of being one exclusively vintage sparkling wineMeaning what fruit of a single harvest: each bottle always shows the year of the grape harvest on the label, inextricably linked to the particular characteristics of that specific harvest. It is produced in a hilly territory (over 250 meters above sea level) which embraces the provinces of Asti, Cuneo and Alessandria: a land that looks at the snow-capped peaks of the Alps and breathes the sea and which collects the legacy of the ancestors kept intact for a long time without undergoing radical transformations, as happened instead in the lower hills. Alta Langa Docg represents the first classic method in Italy, born in Piedmont in the mid-1800sTwo masterclasses will accompany the public in learning more about the versatility and longevity of Alte Piedmontese sparkling wines. The workshops will be led by Marco ReitanoHead Sommelier of the La Pergola restaurant of the Hotel Rome Cavalieri where he has worked since 1994, awarded the title of Best Sommelier in Italy by Food and Travel magazine.
The first classic method in Italy, born in Piedmont in the mid-1800s
“Finally the Alta Langa DOCG arrives in Rome – comments Reitano – for an event that will allow us to deepen our knowledge of the Alte Piedmontese bubbles. Alta Langa consolidates its position among the most important denominations of the Italian and international classic method, thanks to a unique and suitable territory. We will explore the characteristics of the wines through two masterclasses in the presence of the president of the Consortium, Mariacristina Castelletta, in this all-Roman exclusive”.
The Alta Langa Consortium was born in 2001, after years of in-depth and methodical research and studies on the vocation of the area. It brings together far-sighted winemakers and producers who, driven by great pride in their traditions, founded and helped grow this young denomination but with deep roots that are rooted in history and territory. The great challenge that unites everyone is to produce a necessarily important wine, which will not be ready before six years from the planting of the vineyards.
70 sparkling wine producers and 90 associated winemakers. The denomination has a production of 3,200,000 bottles
These the producers who will be present at the Roman event: Banfi, Bera, Borgo Maragliano, Cantina Alice Bel Colle, Colombo, Contract, Coppo, Deltetto, Enrico Serafino, Ettore Germano, Fontanafredda, Gancia, Giulio Cocchi, La Fusina, La Torre di Castelrocchero, LHV Avezza, Marcalberto, Mario Giribaldi, Pecchenino, Rizzi, Roberto Garbarino, Tenuta Carretta, Terrabianca, Terre del Barolo, Tosti 1820, Vite Colte, Mascarello Michele & Figli.
To date the Consortium has more than 70 sparkling wine producers and 90 associated winemakers. The denomination has a production of 3,200,000 bottles from the 2023 harvest. Alta Langa Docg is made with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes, pure or together in a variable percentage; it can be white or rosé, brut or pas dosé and has very long aging times on the yeasts, as required by the strict regulations: at least 30 months
