Alta Langa Brut Classic Method Bianc d Bianc DOCG - Giulio Cocchi
Bianc 'd Bianc is a brut with a limited dosage which makes it a sparkling wine with a contemporary, rigorous and seductive style. Brut vintage with pure Chardonnay grapes, "early Burgundy" biotypes. The grapes are harvested by hand, in boxes. The yield is limited: 3,000 liters of Chardonnay free-run must are obtained from 5,500 kg of grapes. Fermentation takes place only in steel vats for almost three weeks, at the end the wine is left to rest on the fine yeasts. The cuvée is created at the end of winter with wines strictly from a single harvest. The second fermentation takes place in stacked bottles and is completed with a long maturation for 4 years. The remuage is manual and on wooden pupitres, with dégorgement à la glace.
Type: Sparkling Wine
Denomination: Altalanga DOCG
Origin: Piedmont - Italy
Grape varieties: Chardonnay
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Format: 75cl
Allergens: Sulphites
Chalice: Renano
Serving temperature: 8 - 10°C
Tasting Notes: Complex aromas of white fruits and light apricot. On the palate it has volume and a long substance, with a delicate and enveloping effervescence through which the notes of white chocolate and sweet fruit can be felt.
Pairings: Perfect for delicate first courses and appetizers of vegetables, truffles, nuts, shellfish and fish. Excellent for an aperitif.
The Cellar: Giulio Cocchi was a young and creative pastry chef from Florence who moved to Asti at the end of the nineteenth century. He created original recipes for Barolo Chinato, Aperitivo Americano and several types of Vermouth, achieving success and fame in a short time. Giulio Cocchi's idea, exceptional for the time, was to open authorized retailers where these products could be tasted. Cocchi was a very well-known brand during the Belle Epoque and on the eclectic scene of the futurist period. The Cocchi name and products soon became famous throughout the world as demonstrated by export documents: from New York to London, from Sydney to Africa and Venezuela. Cocchi paid a lot of attention to quality single-variety brut sparkling wines, produced with the Italian method since the 1980s such as CocchiBrut and, more recently, the commitment to the creation and valorisation of the DOCG Altalanga, of which Cocchi is still one of the most busy. From the founder Giulio Cocchi, the winery has also inherited an inexhaustible liveliness and qualitative research that has led it to be known and appreciated on five continents. All Cocchi products are wine-based and the recipes are those of the past, codified based on the intuitions of Giulio Cocchi himself. What defines the Cocchi style is therefore elegance and authenticity, the quality of the wine and the ingredients, the centenary technical experience, a passion and creativity that have never waned over the years. Since 2012, Giulio Cocchi has been registered in the National Register of Historic Companies of Italy for its first 130 years of uninterrupted activity.
