Alta Langa Brut Classic Method Totò Corde DOCG - Giulio Cocchi
Brut vintage with 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay grapes. The grapes are harvested by hand, in boxes. The yield is limited: the torches filled with 4,500 kg of grapes give 2,650 liters of Pinot Noir must or 2,800 liters of Chardonnay. The first fermentation takes place in steel vats for three weeks, at the end of which the wine is stored in the cold to encourage the sedimentation of the deposits. The cuvée is created at the end of winter, combining Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the same harvest. The second fermentation takes place in stacked bottles and is completed with a long maturation in a cool, dark place for 4 years. The remuage is strictly manual and on wooden puppets, with dégorgement à la glace. A small dosage of export liquor is added to perfect a well-balanced brut.
Type: Sparkling Wine
Denomination: Altalanga DOCG
Origin: Piedmont - Italy
Grape varieties: Pinot Noir 80% - Chardonnay 20%
Alcohol content: 12%
Format: 75cl
Allergens: Sulphites
Chalice: Renano
Serving temperature: 8 - 10°C
Tasting Notes: A beautiful straw color accompanies a very broad aromatic spectrum, which pushes towards notes of candied citrus. In the mouth, thanks to the characteristic flavor, it is particularly rich in substance with the same aromatic notes as the nose and fine citron flavors.
Pairings: It is a gastronomic wine for elegant pairings, with traditional Piedmontese dishes, in particular those with white truffle. Excellent for fondue with vegetable flans and mixed fried foods; successful and unexpected combinations such as those with Parmesan or grilled vegetables and fish.
The Cellar: Giulio Cocchi was a young and creative pastry chef from Florence who distributed himself in 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 you could taste these products. 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 leads it to be known and appreciated on the 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.
