Barbaresco Roccalini 2019 - Cascina Roccalini

Barbaresco - Cascina Roccalini

The Barbaresco of Cascina Roccalini is a full-bodied and very elegant red wine made from Nebbiolo grapes. The vines of this variety are bred according to the principles of organic farming and the yields between the rows are around 50 quintals per hectare. Manual harvesting of the grapes and in the cellar fermentation takes place in steel tanks with the technique of the submerged cork until December. Aging is in Slavonian oak barrels for 12 months. Before bottling it does not undergo clarification or filtration. The color is bright ruby ​​red with a nose that expresses aromas of red fruits, spicy and tertiary aromas. In the mouth it is elegant, deep, very mineral and with tannins present, vigorous but at the same time delicate.

Service

Serve Barbaresco Roccalini to a 18/20 ° temperature in large balloon glasses. Stunning evolution in the bottle with an ideal consumption between 2019/2025 if stored in a cool cellar, damp and dark horizontal.

pairing

Barbaresco Roccalini approaches magnificently to roast meat, stewed meat, stewed meat, hard cheese, try it with a beef stew with polenta.

The winery: Cascina Roccalini

Cascina Roccalini is located in Roccalini, in the municipality of Barbaresco. The owner of the company is Paolo Veglio who in 2004 with the help of Dante Scaglione decided not to give more grapes to Bruno Giacosa, but to start to wine and bottling on his own. Over time, Paolo's style has gone de fi nition, embracing a fi lio fi that has led to minimizing interventions in vineyard and cellar. Only spontaneous vinification, indigenous yeasts, little sulfur, large barrel aging and re-use for Barbaresco's wine making the ancient technique of the submerged hat. About 10000 bottles of wine each year produced by Cascina Roccalini divide into 4 labels; The Dolcetto d'Alba, the Barbera d'Alba, the Barbera Superiore and the jewel Barbaresco Roccalini. Paul's wines are elegant, fine, deep, mineral and great expression of terroir.