Winery Livio TarettoMetodo Classico
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Metodo Classico of the Winery Livio Taretto is in the top 5 of wines of Alta Langa.
Details and technical informations about Winery Livio Taretto's Metodo Classico.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.
Informations about the Winery Livio Taretto
The Winery Livio Taretto is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Alta Langa to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alta Langa
The wine region of Alta Langa is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Enrico Serafino or the Domaine Contratto produce mainly wines sparkling and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alta Langa are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Nebbiolo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Alta Langa often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, floral or straw and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, biscuits or pear.
The wine region of Piedmont
Piedmont (Piemonte) holds an unrivalled place among the world's finest wine regions. Located in northwestern Italy, it is home to more DOCG wines than any other Italian region, including such well-known and respected names as Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera d'Asti. Though famous for its Austere, Tannic, Floral">floral reds made from Nebbiolo, Piedmont's biggest success story in the past decade has been Moscato d'Asti, a Sweet, Sparkling white wine. Piedmont Lies, as its name suggests, at the foot of the Western Alps, which encircle its northern and western sides and form its naturally formidable border with Provence, France.
The word of the wine: Rancio
Odour and taste characteristic of certain wines that have undergone oxidative maturation, i.e. in contact with oxygen (vin jaune du Jura, dry rancio du Roussillon, maury, banyuls, rivesaltes, etc.).
