Giovanni Almondo Roero Arneis Bricco delle Ciliegie 2021

Roero sits across the Tanaro River from Barolo and Barbaresco and makes white wine from a local variety called Arneis along with red wine from Nebbiolo under the zone’s DOCG regulations.

Roero is a family name dating back to the middle ages when they were a powerful banking family but the important stuff defining Roero happened long before the Roero family arrived on the scene. The domed, undulating hills of Roero, are distinct from the long ridges of Langhe across the Tanaro river. Geologically these two sides of the river are distinct as well. About 100,000 years ago the Tanaro changed course from joining the Po river just south of Turin to its position about 50 miles east of that point today. This activity formed the domed rolling hills of Roero. Millions of years prior to the river’s course change the region was part of a sea known as the Golfo Padano which created the sand and silt dominated soils of the region.

Bricco delle Ciliegie Arneis is from vines (some old vine plots) planted at 340m-370m on clay, snad, and limestone. 95% is fermented and aged for 10 months in stainless steel, 5% goes into non-toasted French oak. This wine is delicate and fresh with notes of white chalk, lemon, and pear.