# Sorano (Filippo Gallino)

> Red, Roero Riserva DOCG by [Filippo Gallino](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/filippo-gallino.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/filippo-gallino-sorano).

- **Producer:** Filippo Gallino
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Roero Riserva DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo
- **Cru / vineyard:** Sorano
- **Production area:** Roero, in the municipality of Canale
- **Soil:** Sandy, light-coloured clay, sometimes red
- **Harvest:** Early October, by hand only
- **Vineyard planting:** Traditional Guyot training, 8 to 9 bunches per plant; yield of 60 quintals per hectare
- **Vinification:** Grapes are crushed and destemmed, macerated for 15 to 20 days with manual pump-overs, then vinified and refined in steel tanks.
- **Serving temperature:** Room temperature
- **Storage:** 24 months between barriques and tonneaux, then blended in steel; a long rest in bottle follows.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

A Roero Riserva DOCG Nebbiolo from the estate's best-sited vineyards, first bottled in 2008. Its name recalls "Suran", the local dialect word for the highest, sunniest hill in Canale.

## Tasting notes

Pale ruby red with garnet hues that deepen with age. Opulent, spiced aromas of ripe red fruit, balsamic notes, candied fruit, resin, violet, vanilla and fruit preserved in spirit. Dry and full on the palate, with dried rose petal, violet and liquorice, persistent and well-tannic, with a retronasal finish of jam and incense.

## Food pairings

Piedmontese first courses, red meat, furred and feathered game, aged cheeses.