Red
Roero Riserva
By Cascina Val del Prete, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's top Nebbiolo, a Roero Riserva DOCG aged 24 months in barrel and 12 in bottle, from the same south and southeast facing sandy clay vineyard as Vigna di Lino. About 800 bottles a year.
Pairs well with
Roast Piedmontese fassona beef with rosemary, game
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Roero Riserva D.O.C.G.
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Priocca (CN), Roero; 250m altitude
- Soil
- Sandy-clay, alkaline pH
- Exposure
- South, southeast
- Harvest
- Manual, mid-October
- Vineyard planting
- Vertical trellis (controspalliera), Guyot pruning, 5,000 vines per ha
- Vinification
- Alcoholic fermentation and skin contact maceration for 25-30 days, malolactic fermentation. Aged 24 months in second or third passage barrels and 12 months in bottle.
More from Cascina Val del Prete
- Bizzarro, Vino Bianco
- Bricco Medica, Roero D.O.C.G.
- Burbero, Vino Rosato
- Carolina, Barbera d'Alba Superiore D.O.C.
- Luèt, Roero Arneis D.O.C.G.
- Nebbiolo d'Alba, Nebbiolo d'Alba D.O.C.
- Prete Rosso, Vino Rosso
- Serra de' Gatti, Barbera d'Alba D.O.C.
- Vigna di Lino, Roero D.O.C.G.