Notes
Colour: Red dark colour.
Scent in perfume: An enchanting bouquet of raspberries with hints of roses and spice.
Flavour: A rich taste in the mouth with smooth tannins that are well balanced with the warmth of the body. It recalls the bark of dried roses, red currents and raspberries.
Best served at: 19°.
Food matches: Its well matched with plates based on meat and international cuisine and seasoned cheese.
Critica
GAMBERO ROSSO – VINI D’ITALIA 2010:
Two Glasses
LUCA MARONI – I migliori vini italiani 2010:
85 / 100
L’ESPRESSO – Guida Vini d’Italia 2010:
15,5 / 20
Vineyard
Production area: Roero
Height o.s.l.: 350
Sun exposure: south west
Vines per hectare: 4.000
Farming: Guyot
Kg of grapes per hectare: 7500
Soil: Calcareal sand
Year of implant: 1998 – 2000
Surface: 4.000
Wine per hectare: 4.500 lt
Production process
Harvest: Selected hand-made harvest in 20 kg boxes
Vinifcation: Grapes are rapidly carried to storage, where they are stem removed, cooled and macerated in the same day in the press. Fermentation temperature is carried out in stainless steel tanks and controlled at temperatures ranging from 26-28 ﾺC, in order to extract colour and preserve scent of fresh and ripe fruits
Vintage: 2006
Aging: Once alcoholic fermentation is brought to an end, after 15-20 days, wine is kept in barrels of 225 litres for 18 months
Size / Format: 750 ml
Produced bottles: 2.500
Ageing potential: 2010 – 2015
Chemical analysis
Extract: 29
Free SO2: 20
Total SO2: 90
Alcohol vol. (%): 13,5
Sugar rate: 2
Ph: 3,3
Total Acidity: 5,40
2006 Roero “Sergentin”; ripe, a touch of prune, roses, tar, forest floor, truffle, meat, fresh and racy, weightier and more structured, strawberry, plum, sandy, earthy, farmyard, blood, plum, round tannins, spice, pepper and oak, long long finish, eucalyptus, rocks, pebbles, very mineral, deep, long, broad, excellent stuff, high class, and surprisingly open considering the vintage, but it isn’t anywhere near mature yet. ****(**+)
2007 Roero “Sergentin”; [spends 18 months in barrique, a quarter new, a quarter 1, 2 & 3 years old], roses, cherry, strawberry, spice, menthol, racy acid, pepper, spice, cinnamon, wood, vanilla, poised with good concentration, nutmeg, iron, rust, sandy, stony, rock, minerals, eucalyptus, menthol, matcha, earth, plum, floral and elegant. Very good. ***(***)
Roero 2003 – colour: almost clear, taste: pungent, well structured, generous and lingering aftertaste. delicious after all these years!”
2006 Roero; Fabrizio Battaglino: tar, roses, earth, coffee, truffle, soil, sous bois, wet soil, cherry, tobacco, cedar, wonderful finish, tar, roses, stewed strawberry. Lovely. ******
2005 Roero; Fabrizio Battaglino: fresh, roses, strawberry, tar, crisp, hints of sous bois, truffle and mushroom, long earthy, dusty, mineral finish, fresh and elegant. Cherry, plum, sandy. *****