Red
Roero
By Benotti Rosavica, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Single-plot Roero Nebbiolo from old vines in Priocca, about 1,200 bottles a year according to the consorzio.
Tasting notes
Textured, with bright fruit and a gentle oak influence; a garnet, velvety red with a long, pure finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Roero DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Serra dei Costa
- Production area
- Priocca
- Soil
- Rich sandy soils
- Vineyard planting
- Single steep plot of old Nebbiolo vines at 290 m, worked by hand
- Vinification
- Destemmed, fermented in cement with 25 to 30 days of submerged-cap maceration, then aged one year in second and third passage 225 L barriques. The consorzio profile lists 6 months in steel, 12 months in small oak barrels and 12 months in bottle.
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