Wines

Nebbiolo Roero Riserva Vigna Sant'Anna DOCG

(100%NEBBIOLO) Vigna Sant’Anna is our greatest vineyard: one hectare of Nebbiolo planted in the Sixties by our grandfather, Giovanni Porello. This is where our Roero Vigna Sant’ Anna was born. We have kept it exactly the way it was: steep, with narrow spaces between the rows. Everything is done exclusively by hand, we even cut the grass by hand, and we have chosen to tend the vineyard and make the wines the way grandpa Giovanni did. We are on a hill 350 metres above sea level, in sandy lime soil, typical of the Roero district, exposed due south. The grape yields are very low. We manage to harvest about 6.0 tonnes, which correspond to about 4000 bottles. If we had to compare this wine to music, it would be jazz.

Technical Specifications
Municipal district:	Monteu Roero
Grape variety:	100% Nebbiolo
Exposure:	south
Altitude (above sea level)	350 metres
Soil:	sandy with an alkaline pH
Vine training system:	Espalier-Guyot
Age of the vineyard:	60 years
Harvest:	the grapes are harvested by hand into 20-kg crates. Early October
Vinification:	fermentation with very long maceration on skins (40 days), with submerged cap and with no added yeast
Ageing:	24 months in wooden barrels with a capacity of 30 hectolitres. The wine is not filtered before bottling.
Sensorial overview:	ruby red with garnet highlights that evolve with age; intense, ethereal scent of ripe fruit with notes of rose and blackberry, enriched with vanilla, cocoa and spices; elegant, genteel, fruity and mineral, with crisp tannins that predict excellent longevity.
Serving temperature:	16-18 C
Pairing:	tajarin (fine tagliatelle) or plin (small Piedmontese ravioli) with Alba White Truffle, red meats, roasts, game and hard cheeses.
Our recommendation:	pheasant with pomegranate
When to drink it:	at a refined dinner with just a few friends, with jazz playing in the background

Antica Cascina Dei Conti Di Roero

The Antica Cascina dei Conti di Roero estate was established in the early 1950s, when the Olivero family, Daniela’s parents, bought the Valmenera farmhouse in Vezza d’Alba. They added the land and vineyards already owned in the Certuti region, better known as Sru, in the municipal districts of Canale and Monteu Roero, now a UNESCO World Heritage core zone. In the beginning, it was a typical farm, cultivating fruit, vines and cereal crops, as well as keeping livestock.
The turnaround came in the early Seventies, when the decision was made to focus exclusively on viticulture and winemaking.
"The land is in our blood".
Our idea of wine growing can be explained in a single word: authenticity.
This is a concept that we apply in the vineyard, in the cellar and in our life. We have decided to believe in and use only native grape varieties: Nebbiolo, Arneis, Favorita and Barbera.

Piemonte

From Asti Spumante to Barolo, the wines of Piedmont are among Italy’s most prolific and best rated. The region’s pedigree is apparent in its 58 DOC and DOCG zones, and although it is only the sixth largest producer in terms of volume, it has the highest percentage of classified wines in all of Italy. No IGT wine area is identified. This westerly region that borders with Switzerland and France is influenced by the Alps and Apennines (the name Piedmont means "foot of the mountain") and its seasons are very distinctive. Hot, dry summers, cold winters, and temperate springs and autumns are common with occasional fog during harvest time.

Undoubtedly it is the red wines that lead the way in terms of quality and cellaring potential with wines made from the noble Nebbiolo grape. The DOCGs of Barolo, Barbaresco, Gattinara, Ghemme and Roero all represent the grape at its finest: they are complex, alluring wines with extraordinary depth and great ageing potential. Barolo ("king of wines and wine of kings") is made in the Langhe hills with its output of 6 million bottles a year far exceeding that of Barbaresco at less than 2.5 million.