Red
Roero Riserva
By Rolfo - Ca’ di Cairè, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A Nebbiolo-only Roero Riserva from Montà, 14.5% vol., released to age 24 to 36 months and up to 5 or 6 years depending on storage.
Tasting notes
Ruby red, fairly light when young, turning garnet with age. Characteristic, intense and delicate nose led by raspberry and violet, fruity, with light wood and spice. Dry, warm, full and harmonious, with soft, almost sweet tannins from the barrel ageing and notable persistence.
Pairs well with
Cheeses and savoury main courses, red meats and game; a wine for the end of a meal. The brochure adds braised meats and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Roero Riserva DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Montà (Roero)
- Soil
- Silty clay
- Harvest
- Early to mid October
- Vinification
- Grapes are picked in crates and pressed the same day, with selected yeasts added at once. Fermentation runs up to 30 days in total: 15 days on a free cap with frequent, long pumping-overs early on, then 15 days of submerged-cap maceration. After malolactic fermentation the wine rests 12 months in 25 hl oak barrels.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 °C
- Storage
- Store lying down, sheltered from light, in a cool place at constant temperature.
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