# Arajs (Pedemontis)

> White, Roero Arneis DOCG by [Pedemontis](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/pedemontis.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/pedemontis-arajs).

- **Producer:** Pedemontis
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Roero Arneis DOCG
- **Grape:** Arneis 100%
- **Production area:** Roero
- **Soil:** Sandy with limestone, fossils of shells, small fish, and phyllites
- **Exposure:** South West
- **Harvest:** Hand harvest in small containers during the coolest hours of the day
- **Vineyard planting:** 0.45 hectares at 270 m above sea level, average vine age 20 years
- **Vinification:** Crushing and destemming, then about 7 hours of cryomaceration in the press with dry ice before soft pressing. 3 weeks of fermentation in temperature-controlled steel, 5 months on the lees with periodic batonnage, kept in steel until bottling under nitrogen. At least 30 days of bottle rest.
- **Serving temperature:** 10 to 15 °C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-30



## Summary

A Roero Arneis from a 0.45 hectare south-west facing plot, cryomacerated and aged in steel on its lees.

## Tasting notes

Intense straw yellow. Delicate bouquet of exotic fruit such as pineapple, with a caramel aftertaste. Soft on the palate with a pleasant freshness in the finish.

## Food pairings

Fish appetisers, light first courses, risotto, asparagus, oriental cuisine.