Alkohol
13.5 % vol
Region
Piedmont
100% Barbera.
Roagna's Barbera d'Alba is made with exactly the same quality standards as his expressive yet sensual Nebbiolos. Absolutely no distinction is made in the vineyard. The Barbera tastes of juicy cherries of all kinds, harmonizing with spicy, meaty notes: bresaola, leather, a hint of asphalt, wet forest floor, and licorice.
In the mouth, the finely polished tannins have an effect and the wine vibrates for a long time.
Abgefüllt durch
Roagna
Roagna, Locality Paglieri, 9, 12050 Barbaresco CN, ITALY
Winzer
Roagna
Roagna is located directly in Barbaresco. Luca runs the family winery with his father.
Only 12 hectares are cultivated with the utmost care and work is done in the traditional style. Luca vinifies his wines reductively, meaning almost excluding oxygen. He does this traditionally in large wooden barrels that are five times thicker than a classic barrique, thus allowing hardly any oxygen exchange through the wood pores. In addition, he ages his wines on the fine lees, which is like a youth serum. Similar to the aging of classic champagne, the wines age on the lees very, very slowly. This means the wines need significantly more time to blossom. With the greatest effort, the small operation achieves the masterful performance of marketing the wines as late as possible.
As a result, Barolo and Barbaresco usually appear on average a vintage later than many other producers. The vines are up to 80 years old.
The focus is clearly on Barbaresco, alongside some Barolo. Very exciting is also the Langhe Bianco Solea, a cuvée of Chardonnay and white-pressed Nebbiolo. A wine that, like the reds, lives from its structure.
