Langhe Arneis DOC, Ascheri, Piemonte, 13.5%, 075l

Product detailed description

 At least 85% Arneis is used for this wine. The harvest is between 10.-20. i shine Fermentation takes about 15 days at 18°C. A fine wine of remarkable balance and finesse. The color of the wine is straw yellow, in the aroma there are notes of fruit and traditional and exotic notes, slightly spicy. The taste of the wine is dry, pleasant on the palate. 

Arneis  is a variety grown in  Piemonte, since 1478. In the 18th century, the variety was spread throughout the Roero area. However, in vinification, it was not a wine as we know it now, a white dry wine, but a sweet wine, as it was in high demand for the given period. Not only that: in the vineyards, the white Arneis vine was alternating with the red Nebbiolo vine, which had the effect of attracting birds from the vineyard, where there was only the red variety, and thus preventing damage to the vineyards. The commercial success of the Arneis variety dates back to the 1930s, consumers' tastes are beginning to focus on white dry wines, fresh, fruity and easy to drink. 

The Arneis grape is medium - smaller, pyramidal in shape, with one or two  wings, compact, greenish-yellow in color or yellow-grey, depending on the orientation to the sun. Graduation is roughly in the third decade of September. 

Wine is demanding mainly for its vinification. Straw yellow in color, with aromas of flowers, herbs, white fruit, full in taste, with pronounced acidity, in the end it can be  notes of bitter almonds. In the past, it was added to Barbera or Nebbiolo red wine to soften the taste. 

Why do I like it?

The quality of this wine will be appreciated mainly by lovers of fuller wines.