# Roero (Gabriele Cordero)

> Red, Roero DOCG by [Gabriele Cordero](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/gabriele-cordero.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/gabriele-cordero-roero).

- **Producer:** Gabriele Cordero
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Roero DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo
- **Cru / vineyard:** Barbarini
- **Production area:** Barbarini vineyard, Priocca (selection of the best grapes)
- **Soil:** Sandy, with a modest clay content
- **Exposure:** South-west
- **Vineyard planting:** Nebbiolo planted in 2016; Guyot
- **Vinification:** Heavy thinning of bunches about a month before harvest. Only conforming bunches are picked and about 10% of the grapes ferment as whole bunches. Aged about 18 months in second-passage French oak barriques with very light toasting, used to stabilise colour through micro-oxygenation rather than to alter the wine's character, then a further 6 months in bottle.
- **Award:** Faccino 95/100 (Doctor Wine, Guida Essenziale ai Vini d'Italia 2027), vintage 2023, source: https://www.doctorwine.wine/
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

Roero DOCG made from the selected best Nebbiolo of the Barbarini vineyard, aged about 18 months in second-use French barriques plus 6 months in bottle. The label is a stylised vine whose fruits are grapes, corn cobs, hazelnuts and peaches, standing for the biodiversity of the Roero.

## Tasting notes

Delicate tannins; nose of strawberry with a slight touch of tobacco.