PRODUCER
LORENZO NEGRO
MONTEU ROERO, PIEMONTE
INFORMATION
IF ALESSANDRO BOVIO IS THE SOUL OF ROERO, AND MANUELE PRIOLO ITS BRAINS, LORENZO NEGRO HAS GOT TO BE THE EMBODIMENT OF ROERO HIMSELF. TOUGH, CONFIDENT, UNSCATHED BY THE PROXIMITY TO ONE OF THE MOST PRIZED WINE-REGIONS IN THE WORLD. LORENZO HAS BEEN MAKING WINES, FIRST WITH ALESSANDRO BOVIO, AND NOW WITH MANUELE PRIOLO AS HIS CONSULTANTS, THAT COULD EASILY COMPETE WITH THEIR LANGHE COUNTERPARTS. IN FACT, LORENZO’S WINES DON’T EVEN NEED A BENCHMARK FOR COMPARISON, IN THEMSELVES THEY SET A BENCHMARK FOR THE QUALITY THAT ALL OF PIEMONTE STRIVES TO OFFER. A 10 YEAR SPARKLING RISERVA THAT IS TO DIE FOR, AN AGED NEBBIOLO THAT IS ASTOUNDINGLY COMPLEX, AND SEVERAL EASIER DRINKING OPTIONS THAT MAKE YOU WONDER HOW ROERO HASN’T MADE IT BIG YET.
ROERO ARNEIS DOCG
GRAPES: ARNEIS
STYLE: BIANCO
SOIL: MIXED
VINIFICATION: SOFT PRESS, FERMENTATION IN STAINLESS STEEL, AFTER FERMENTATION THE WINE RESTS ON THE LEES THROUGH WINTER, IT IS BOTTLED IN SPRING AND SPENDS A FEW MONTHS IN THE BOTTLE
LANGHE NEBBIOLO DOC
GRAPES: NEBBIOLO
STYLE: ROSSO
SOILS: MIXED
VINIFICATION: 10/12 DAYS FERMENTATION IN STEEL, AFTER FERMENTATION THE WINE RESTS 18 MONTHS IN STAINLESS STEEL AND THEN SPENDS SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE BOTTLE
BARBERA D’ALBA DOC
GRAPES: BARBERA
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: MIXED
VINIFICATION: 10/12 DAYS FERMENTATION IN STEEL, AFTER FERMENTATION THE WINE RESTS 18 MONTHS IN STAINLESS STEEL AND THEN SPENDS SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE BOTTLE AFTER BEING BOTTLED IN THE SUMMER
BARBERA D’ALBA DOC SUPERIORE
GRAPES: BARBERA
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: CLAY LOAM
VINIFICATION: 15/18 DAYS FERMENTATION IN STAINLESS STEEL, THE WINE RIPENS IN 225L BARRIQUES FOR 12 MONTHS AND 12 MONTHS IN 25HL FRENCH BARRELS, BEFORE SPENDING SEVERAL YEARS IN THE BOTTLE
ROERO DOCG PRACHIOSSO
GRAPES: NEBBIOLO
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: LOAM AND SAND
VINIFICATION: 15/18 DAYS FERMENTATION IN STEEL, THE WINE RIPENS IN FRENCH BARRELS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN SPENDS SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE BOTTLE
ROERO ARNEIS DOCG RISERVA SANT’ANNA
GRAPES: ARNEIS
STYLE: BIANCO
SOIL: SANDY, RICH IN FOSSILS
VINIFICATION: SOFT PRESS, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FERMENTATION IN STAINLESS STEEL, THE WINE RIPENS IN 225L BARRIQUES FOR 10 MONTHS AND THEN SPENDS SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE BOTTLE
ROERO DOCG RISERVA SAN FRANCESCO
GRAPES: NEBBIOLO
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: LOAM
VINIFICATION: 60 DAYS FERMENTATION IN STEEL, THE WINE RIPENS IN 225L BARRIQUES FOR 12 MONTHS AND 12 MONTHS IN 25HL FRENCH DURMAST BARRELS, BEFORE SPENDING SEVERAL YEARS IN THE BOTTLE
SPUMANTE METODO CLASSICO MILLESIMATO
GRAPES: ARNEIS
STYLE: SPUMANTE BIANCO
SOILS: LOAMY SAND
VINIFICATION: FERMENTATION IN STEEL AND BARRIQUES, THEN THE WINE IS ON THE LEES WITH WEEKLY BATONNAGE, AFTER SECOND FERMENTATION, 60 MONTHS IN THE BOTTLE
SPUMANTE METODO CLASSICO MILLESIMATO RISERVA DIECI ANNI
GRAPES: ARNEIS
STYLE: SPUMANTE BIANCO
SOIL: LOAMY SAND
VINIFICATION: FERMENTATION IN STEEL AND FRENCH BARRIQUES, THEN THE WINE RESTS ON THE LEES WITH WEEKLY BATONNAGE, AFTER THE SECOND FERMENTATION THE WINE RIPENS IN THE BOTTLE FOR 120 MONTHS