# Roveró (Cinque Quinti)

> Red, Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG by [Cinque Quinti](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cinque-quinti.md), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/rovero).

- **Producer:** Cinque Quinti
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG
- **Grape:** Barbera 100%
- **Cru / vineyard:** Roverò
- **Production area:** Olivola (AL), 240 m above sea level
- **Soil:** High percentage of limestone with a good balance between silt and clay
- **Exposure:** South
- **Harvest:** 10 September 2022 (2022 technical sheet), picked by hand
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 2003, Guyot training
- **Vinification:** Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in steel; skin contact at 26-27°C for 11 days; 16 months in large French oak barrels (the shop page gives 12 to 15 months in 25 hl barrels of medium-toasted oak); 5 months in bottle; bottled 31 March 2025.
- **Serving temperature:** 16-18°C
- **Storage:** Best evolutionary peak: 15 years
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

The estate's oak-aged Barbera Superiore from Olivola, about 5,000 bottles (5,466 bottles and 100 magnums of the 2022 per the sheet). 15% vol.

## Tasting notes

Cherry and black cherry with finesse, ripe red fruit and pleasantly spicy notes from the oak, with hazelnut tones. The acidity typical of Barbera is softened by the wood: soft, full-bodied and persistent. Deep purple red.

## Food pairings

A risotto with sausage on a romantic dinner, or sipped on a cold winter night by the fireplace.