ROO 2021 – Rocco di Carpeneto

ROO - Rocco di Carpeneto

Ròo is an intentionally downgraded single-variety white wine, obtained from vineyards planted between 1970 and 1982, with average yields of around 50-60 q / ha. It matures for at least 6 months mainly in acacia. Ròo is the voice of the Carpenetese dialect of the second half of the nineteenth century, and means "halo of the moon".

Service

We taste it at a temperature of 8/10 ° in tulip glass. 

Pairings

Excellent as an aperitif and paired with cold cuts, main courses of meat, to try with cabbage rolls with sausage.

Winery: Rocco di Carpeneto

Rocco di Carpeneto is a winery located in Carpeneto, in the province of Alessandria, among the rolling hills of the Alto Monferrato. The management is by Lidia Carbonetti, who moved from Milan to Carpineto, where he started the recovery of the vineyards and the construction of a modern winery. Functional and eco-efficient winery built with a set of river stones, steels, wooden slats, resins and plastics, and designed on three levels: the first is the receipt of the grapes and de-stemming, the second the vinification and pressing, and all last we find the amphoraia and underground vat. The cultivated hectares, all in biological radical regime, are subdivided into microparcells and are found on frank land, mainly silt-clay in the north-south direction. The cultivated vines are the traditional and native piedmontese. mainly red berry: Barbera, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, Albarossa and the Cortese Bianco which give rise to wines that are radical, long-lived wines. The philosophy of Rocco di Carpeneto is to enhance the historical vocations of the terroir of Monferrato with the production of theses, radical and long-lived wines.