Red
Casette
By F.lli Calorio, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A Nebbiolo from Montà, aged 18 to 24 months in large oak casks and a further 8 to 12 months in bottle.
Tasting notes
Colour: ruby red with light garnet reflections. Nose: clear, broad and delicate, with red fruit (mostly rose and raspberry) and abundant spice. Palate: full, warm and harmonious, with elegant silky tannins, light minerality and good savouriness; ready to drink, still with some vegetal notes; long, moderately tannic finish.
Pairs well with
Savoury first courses, meat dishes (roasts and boiled meats) and aged cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Roero DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- Casette
- Production area
- Montà
- Soil
- Sandy and clayey, with abundant fossil shells
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- October, hand-picked into crates
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, fermented in steel tanks for 20 days with frequent pump-overs and punch-downs. Aged 18 to 24 months in 25 hl oak casks, then 8 to 12 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 °C
More from F.lli Calorio
- Barbera d'Alba, Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Dolcetto d'Alba, Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Kalipè, Roero Arneis DOCG
- La Corona, Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Nebbiolo d'Alba, Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC
- Sable