White
Montebello
By Vinory, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Roero Arneis from the Montebello cru outside Vezza, on calcareous-clayey soil, fermented slowly in steel.
Tasting notes
Pale straw with green reflections. Intense nose of delicate citrus, acacia flower and grapefruit. Medium to high acidity and a very savoury, mineral palate with an acid-salty balance; green apple, peach and grapefruit dominate.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Roero Arneis DOCG
- Grape
- Arneis
- Cru / vineyard
- Montebello
- Production area
- Vezza (Roero)
- Soil
- Calcareous-clayey soil
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; 4,500-5,000 plants per hectare; average vine age about 20 years
- Vinification
- After destemming and soft pressing, fermentation in steel at 12-16°C, very slowly, to keep the fruit fresh and retain the CO2 that forms naturally. No malolactic fermentation; the wine stays on the fine lees in steel until bottling in March.
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