# Roero (pQlin)

> Red, Roero DOCG by [pQlin](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/pqlin.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/roero-docg).

- **Producer:** pQlin
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Roero DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100%
- **Production area:** Castagnito
- **Soil:** Sandy / clayey
- **Exposure:** Southwest
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot training, 4,500 vines/ha, vines 15-20 years old, altitude 250-280 m
- **Vinification:** Hand-harvested in crates. Grapes are immediately 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 into steel at 22 °C. Malolactic follows alcoholic fermentation. Matured 16-18 months in oak barrels, then aged in bottle at a controlled 20 °C.
- **Serving temperature:** 16-18 °C
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

A Castagnito Nebbiolo from the family's first inherited plot, matured 16-18 months in oak.

## Tasting notes

Orangish reflections. Ripe fruit, violet and delicate spice. Elegant and fresh with pleasantly velvety tannins; warm, structured, savory and balanced.

## Food pairings

Pasta, meat dishes and mushrooms, especially cured meats and aged cheeses; with dark chocolate shavings at the end of a meal.