Alpi Retiche Bianco Nebbiolo, Nino Negri

TASTING NOTE
Wine produced in an alpine environment vinified in white from Nebbiolo grapes. The
soil’s geological origins go back to the time when the African and European plates
collided so forming the Alps. The great variety of rock thus caused lends both minerality
and elegance to the wine.

PRODUCER
The Nino Negri Winery, founded in 1897, is the biggest winery in the Valtellina. The
vineyard is the heart of the company with more than 35 hectares of vine-planted land
of the winery situated in the most important vineyard designations of the valley. The
selection of the grapes and their fermentation in separate vats make it possible to obtain
vines that represent the great variety of the soils and the microclimates that are typical
of a terraced mountain terroir.

VINIFICATION
The Nebbiolo grapes, picked by hand in crates, are vinified in white with a sof pressing
and an immediate separation of the skins to avoid the transfer of colour to the must. The
fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at 18° C. Once
fermentation is completed, the wine is racked and lef on fine lees for some months.
This long lysis of the yeasts increases the aromatic complexity while sofening the taste
and giving succulence on the palate.