White
Mulier
By Laiolo Davide, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Roero Arneis from Canale d'Alba, 14.5% vol., suited to 10 to 12 years of ageing.
Tasting notes
Intense straw yellow with bright greenish reflections. Yellow-fleshed fruit on the nose, mainly peach, with tropical fruit and acacia flowers. Soft and persistent with a pleasant savoury finish.
Pairs well with
Fish dishes, vegetables, and seafood or meat starters
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Roero Arneis DOCG
- Grape
- Arneis 100%
- Production area
- Canale d'Alba
- Soil
- Loose, low in lime, mostly sandy; marine sands mixed with more recent sands of rain origin
- Exposure
- West, 260 m a.s.l.
- Harvest
- First ten days of September, picked by hand
- Vineyard planting
- Trained on trellis (controspalliera), Guyot pruning; integrated pest management; vineyard 0.8 ha
- Vinification
- Soft pressing, then fermentation for about 10 days in steel tanks at 17-18 °C. Ageing: 3 months in steel on the fine lees plus 5 to 6 months in 500 l acacia barrels.
- Serving temperature
- 12-13 °C
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