# Langhe Rosso (pQlin)

> Red, Langhe DOC Rosso by [pQlin](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/pqlin.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/pqlin-langhe-rosso).

- **Producer:** pQlin
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Langhe DOC Rosso
- **Grape:** Merlot 100%
- **Production area:** Castagnito
- **Soil:** Calcareous and clayey
- **Exposure:** Southwest
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot training, 4,000 vines/ha, vines 20-35 years old, altitude 200-250 m
- **Vinification:** Hand-harvested in crates. Grapes are quickly destemmed and crushed. Maceration and fermentation on the skins run spontaneously with native yeasts in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 28-30 °C. After 20 days the wine is dry racked and moved to steel at 22 °C. Malolactic follows alcoholic fermentation. Aged 6 months in steel, then in bottle at a controlled 20 °C.
- **Serving temperature:** 18 °C
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

A Merlot from Castagnito, six months in steel, with cherry and plum jam notes.

## Tasting notes

Intense ruby red. Cherry and plum jam, spicy and vinous notes with balsamic hints. Warm and enveloping, with long aromatic persistence and black cherry.

## Food pairings

Roasts, particularly rabbit and poultry, braised red meats and medium-aged yellow cheeses.