L'Arpian Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Vitello tonnato, pan-seared trout with lemon and herbs, fresh Robiola di Roccaverano
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from calcareous-clay slopes in the Asti hills of Monferrato, this cuvée highlights the crisp, aromatic potential of Chardonnay cultivated in northwestern Italy. The fruit undergoes gentle pressing followed by temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel vats without oak influence, preserving brisk primary aromatics and terroir-driven mineral tension before brief maturation on fine lees.
🍾 About the Producer
Amerio Vincenzo is a multi-generational family estate situated in Moasca, within the Monferrato hills of Piedmont. Originating at the close of the nineteenth century when founder Vincenzo Amerio established viticulture across five ancestral hectares, the enterprise evolved into commercial bottling during the late twentieth century under his namesake grandson Vincenzo and wife Lorena. Today, sons Marco and Danilo manage operations alongside their parents, overseeing parcels spanning four distinct communes centered within the UNESCO-designated Nizza DOCG zone. Viticulture adheres to rigorous sustainable tenets, employing cover cropping, organic fertilization, precise green harvesting, and yield restriction on classic calcareous-clay soils. Cellar vinification focuses on minimal technical intervention, utilizing gentle pressing and temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation to preserve varietal typicity. While celebrated for core Barbera and Nizza reds, the estate crafts distinguished whites, including L'Arpian Piemonte Chardonnay and San Colombano, exemplifying regional freshness, mineral tautness, and refined fruit purity.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13.5%