The first of the Alta Langa: a seventh edition to remember.

By Monica Marcandelli.

The first of the Alta Langa is the presentation event – a preview of B2B – of the new vintages of Alta Langa DOCG entered acceso the market by the producers registered with the consortium of the same name, established con Asti acceso 15 June 2001 for the protection and promotion of the only name exclusively dedicated to the production of classic method sparkling wine con Piedmontese territory, and which deals with organizing this event every year from 2018.

The latest edition – the seventh – took place acceso 10 March 2025 con Turin, con the spaces of La Stazione a motivo di Cumulo Lavazza, where 1,700 accredited professionals of the wine sector (buyers, restaurateurs, voices, professional sommeliers, communicators, journalists) were able to enjoy the reception of 82 Spumanto houses, out of a total of 85 to today registered with the Consortium, which are also associated with 90. winemakers.

An edition from the large, great numbers, if we think that the professionals credited for the first edition of the event were 650, 18 participating producers, 40 the cuvée presented.

Today the labels proposed to the tasting are almost 200 (the producers have the opportunity to support the new vintages also labels that may be already acceso the market), all the result of the asset attitude to the continuous research demonstrated by the producers of the ‘high Piedmontese bubbles’ since 1990, when it was started to the experimentation activities for the cultivation of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to be used for the processing with a classic method for the production of wines for the production of wines Sparkling wines, and today raised acceso an equal surface, respectively, to about 2/3 and 1/3 of the 480 hectares which make up the Alta Langa vineyard, for a total of 3.2 million bottles produced con the Areale con 2024.

Labels all united by the adhesion to the guidelines of a production disciplinary (approved for the DOC con 2002 and for the DOCG con 2011) which establishes a minimo of 30 months of stay acceso the yeasts, con the bottle, for the second fermentation, necessary for the pinch of a foam (minimo 36 months for the ‘reserve’ version), with the obligation to indicate the vintage of the grapes acceso the label, which means that the Alta Langa DOCG is synonym ‘Millesimato’.

All connoted, to the tasting, by the common figure of flavor (cited con the clear con the list of “consumer characteristics” reported con art. 6 of the specification), yet all equipped with its own character, of its own personality, coppia to the extreme pedo-swan variety of a territory articulated con 149 municipalities, divided between the provinces of Alessandria, Asti and , between the orographic right of the Tanaro river and the border with the border with the border with the border Liguria, right north of the province of Savona, between the Alps and the sea, with shares of the vineyards variable among the minimo 250 meters above sea level specified by the specification and 480, 550, 600 meters above sea level declared (also acceso the label) by some of the producers present at the first speaking of origin of the grapes intended for the production of their wines.

And because, also, of the margin of discretion provided for by the disciplinary acceso the ampelographic basis (Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, united disjointed, for a percentage of the mass variable between 90 and 100%) and acceso the possibility of providing for the addition of “younger high Langa” to “oldest Langa”, vice versa, for a maximum of 15% of the . Parameters acceso which the manufacturers have the right for choice, within the limits envisaged by the specification, to the astro purpose of giving the wines the best quality characteristics (tendentially high for almost all the tastings conducted during the event), and which bring a great wealth of expressive methods grafted acceso a matrix of common recognition – the “being” Alta Langa DOCG – proclaimed “wine of the Piedmont region” for 2025 by the Department of Commerce, Agriculture and food, hunting and fishing, parks of the Piedmont region acceso the occasion of La first.

Among the Alta Langa DOCGs tasted for the different types provided for by the disciplinary of the denomination (sparkling wine, also reserve and rosé sparkling wine, also reserve), a particular report for:

Alta Langa DOCG Cuveé n ° 1 Brut 2020 by Paolo Berutti, headquarters of the company con Terra santa Stefano Belbo (CN), 100% Pinot Noir, second fermentation started with the only addition to the frozen must mass of the same grapes, naturally rich con sugars, permanence of 36 months acceso the yeasts, fragrant to the nose of shades that recall the sugar coating of a sugared almond and also The soul, con perfect counterpoint with a full and round and savory sip, con a balance that makes softness and pleasantness its figure;

Alta Langa DOCG Approvigionamento Blanc de Noir Pas Dosé 2020 of Deltetto, headquarters of the company con channel (CN), 100% Pinot Noir, fermentation con French oak barriques used from 10 to 25 years, with the astro objective of having the right micro-oxygenation during the rest of the Basic Sur -lie wine, 42 months of permanence acceso the yeasts during the foam socket, characterized by a master’s balance between pagliaccetto and pagliaccetto verticality, made fresh and pleasant by shades of chamomile and lemon, and vivid by ginger streaks, surprisingly more tense than the Alta Langa DOCG Approvigionamento Blanc de Blanc Pasé 2020 produced by the same company, 100% Chardonnay, with a process similar to that of the Blanc de noir, and also deserving to be reported for a nose made persuasive by soft hints of butter and Lemon cooked apple and a creamy, caressing, satisfactory sip;

Alta Langa DOCG Brut 2013 by Ettore Germano, headquarters of the company con Serralunga d’Chiarore antelucano (CN), from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes vinified wood for 10% of the mass, 30 months of stay acceso the yeasts, blossomed con 2017, therefore con for more less 8 years, and worthy of a special mention for the still enjoyable and amazing and disconcerting fresh, Early and supported by lively nose taccuino, elegantly accompanied and enriched by a bouquet of spring flowers just blossomed, among which the orange flowers stand out, robinia and elderberry, towards a ultimo that makes you think of the levity and finesse of the plot of a refined lace;

Alta Langa DOCG “Il Travel” Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut 2021 by Roberto Garbarino, headquarters of the company con Neive (CN), 100% Chardonnay, 32 months of stay acceso the yeasts, processing con steel, pleasant, clean and fresh, savory, made vivid con the mouth by a thin, persistent and pungent pearl, made of an infinite number of tiny goals make it individually stimulating;

Alta Langa DOCG “Matteo Giribaldi” Reserve Pas Dosé 70 months 2016 by Mario Giribaldi, headquarters of the company con Rodello (CN), 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, 70 months of stay acceso the yeasts, blossomed con 2023, stands out con the sip for a puffing freshness and a very vivid and corroborating bubble, both supported by a vigorous structure, guarantor. of an all -round enjoyable balance, towards a slightly brackish ending, which recalls the aromaticity of an oyster;

Alta Langa DOCG “Psea” Pas Dosé 2020 of Pecchenino, headquarters of the company con Dogliani (CN), 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, 6 months con French barriques with weekly bâons for the pilastro wine and permanence of 36 months acceso the yeasts for the schiuma socket, savory and tantalizing from the nose, vertical and sharp to the sip, with an ending. made lively by delicate spicy taccuino to the memory of white pepper, con an effect together full of good energy and so much soleity;

Alta Langa DOCG Approvigionamento Dosé 2018 of San Biagio, headquarters of the company con La Morra (CN), 100% Pinot Noir, 60 months of stay acceso the yeasts, very elegant acceso the nose, pleasantly savory con the sip, revealing of a velvety bubble and, con a retronasal, of very light and unexpected shades of crystallized sugar animated by a touch of zest, con a lemon, Balance together characterized by essentiality, refinement, class;

Alta Langa DOCG Sparare a zero Approvigionamento de Saignée Pas Dosé 2018 by Enrico Serafino, home of the company con channel (CN), 100% Pinot Noir, color extraction from the skins with the tempo technique (De Saignée, con French), fermentation con steel and permanence acceso the declino facials for 6 months with periodicals bâontnage, 60 months of stay acceso the yeasts, ancient pink shades, with shades of peel of peel Ramata onion, fragrant acceso the nose of small red fruits and hints of geranium, which anticipate a fresh, full and structured sip of pagliaccetto, which almost makes you think of a red wine.

An excellent start, which makes the being able to continue con the exploration of the territory extremely desirable where, con the nineteenth century, the first classic Italian method was born, pending the next edition of La Inaugurazione dello Langa, the annual reference point for the tasting of the ‘high Piedmontese bubbles’.