Nino Negri : Alpi Retiche Bianco 2024
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Description
Characteristics and tasting tips for Alpi Retiche Bianco 2024 by Nino Negri
Tasting
Appearance
The wine reveals a bright straw-yellow hue, enhanced by delicate golden highlights.
Nose
The bouquet is delicate yet clearly defined, expressing notes of green apple and lemon, alongside hints of toasted bread, honey and fleshy white fruits.
Palate
On the palate, this wine charms with its freshness and vibrancy. Dry and succulent, it develops a fine minerality that lingers through to a tasty, pleasant finish.
Food and wine pairings
This white wine is ideal as an aperitif. It also pairs elegantly with raw or fried fish, fried vegetables, white meats and fresh cheeses.
Serving and cellaring
Alpi Retiche Bianco 2024 is best enjoyed at a temperature between 8 and 10°C. This wine can be enjoyed through around 2026.
The charm and refinement of an Italian nebbiolo made as a white wine
The estate
Established in 1897 by Nino Negri in Chiuro, Lombardy, the estate quickly established itself as a benchmark in Valtellina. Owned by Gruppo Italiano Vini since 1986, Nino Negri farms around 38 hectares of vineyards on steep terraced slopes, primarily planted to nebbiolo. A pioneer of Sforzato since 1956, the Italian estate stands out in particular for its NINO NEGRI 3000 project, a unique aging process at 3,000 meters above sea level in alpine rock cellars.
The vineyard
Alpi Retiche is a wine from Lombardy made from vines planted between 350 and 600 meters above sea level on the slopes of the Rhaetian Alps and in Valtellina. With a south-southwest exposure, the parcels sit on shallow, loose sandy-silty soils. The vines are trained using the Guyot and Valtellina arch systems. Harvest runs from mid-September for the lowest-lying vines through to late October for those at higher altitudes.
Winemaking and aging
Alpi Retiche Bianco 2024 is made as a white wine from red grapes. The nebbiolo bunches are gently pressed with immediate separation from the skins to prevent any transfer of color. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks at 18°C. The wine is then aged on fine lees for several months in steel tanks, without oxygen contact, allowing tertiary aromas to develop.
Grape variety
100% nebbiolo.
