Roero Arneis DOCG Vintage 2016

Wine

In traditional local culture, the name Arneis is given to someone who is an extrovert, a bit of a rebel, original but with a certain charm.

For this reason we are proud to present this fine white wine from the Roero hills, as it shows all the excellent qualities of its name.

The sandy terroir provides this wine with a full intense aroma, and the limestone and clay, its strong body and structure.

One of the great white wines of Piedmont, Arneis is the result of a lucky rediscovery, due to the intuition, headstrong passion, and the business capacity of the winegrowers of the Roero region.

Within a very short time, this authentic champion of local winemaking has made itself a name in the list of international quality wines.

Tasting Notes

Variety: 100% Arneis grapes

Colour: brilliant, sunny, bright with shades of straw yellow and green reflections

Scent in perfume: full-bodied, robust and intense, composite and delicate. Floral as well as fruity nuances of broom, camomile, peach and apricot

Flavour: dry, palatable and pleasantly harmonic. Fresh and persistent with a slightly almond aftertaste

Best served at: 8-10 °C – 47-50 °F

Food matches: excellent as an aperitif, it is perfect with hors d’oeuvres, light, vegetable first courses. Ideal also with fish or poultry

Vinification: cold maceration with skins for 24-36 hours to extract aromas. Then alcoholic fermantation with controlled temperature

Fining: in steel tanks

Size / Format: 0,75 l

Ageing potential: the year after the harvest

Reviews

Annuario dei migliori vini italiani 2025 95/100

Guide Annuario dei migliori vini italiani

Score 95/100

Publish Year 2025

Vintage 2023

Roero Arneis DOCG 2023

 

James Suckling 2023 90/100

Guide James Suckling

Score 90/100

Publish Year 2023

Vintage 2022

James Suckling, considered one of the major international wine critics, rated our Roero Arneis DOCG 2022 ORGANIC with a score of 90/100.

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Annuario dei migliori vini italiani 2023 Punteggio 93/100

Guide Annuario dei migliori vini italiani

Score Punteggio 93/100

Publish Year 2023

Vintage 2021

Roero Arneis DOCG 2021 Organic: 93/100

 

 

The WineHunter 2022 Punteggio 88,00-89,99/100

Guide The WineHunter

Score Punteggio 88,00-89,99/100

Publish Year 2022

Vintage 2021

We are proud to communicate that our wine has been awarded at International Competition Mundus Vini and The WineHunter Award:

Roero Arneis DOCG 2021 Organic

A good result that reward our work!

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James Suckling 2022 91/100

Guide James Suckling

Score 91/100

Publish Year 2022

Vintage 2021

James Suckling, considered one of the major international wine critics, rated our Roero Arneis DOCG 2021 ORGANIC with a score of 91/100.

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WineEnthusiast 2020 90/100

Guide WineEnthusiast

Score 90/100

Publish Year 2020

Vintage 2020

Rating: 90/100

 

Vine

Arneis is a white grape vine very ancient, originary from Piedmont.

Roero Counts, feudatories of the homonymous area, brought with them some vine shoots from Basso Monferrato in their new feudal territories.

From XV century in fact we found this vine especially in Roero area and some sources link his name to the latin term Renexij, after the name of Renesio hill, behind the town of Canale.

After many centuries of popularity, this varietal was heavily hit by the wine crisis and depopulation of the countryside that occurred during the inter-war period.

Towards the end of the 1960s, Arneis was nearly lost, cultivated in only a few rows within Nebbiolo vineyards because the sweetness of its fruit attracted hungry birds, keeping them at bay from the more remunerative Nebbiolo.

It was thanks to the entrepreneurial know-how of a small group of producers, who realised that a good white wine among so many reds was necessary to the area, that Arneis was saved from extinction and production recommenced.

Part of Arneis’ recent success is undoubtedly due to careful selection of clones which has significantly improved its quality.

Until a few decades ago, in fact, Arneis vines tended to become deformed – probably giving rise to the name of the vine itself, which, in local dialect signifies a madcap or capricious person.

In the dry sandstone of the Roero, soft, permeable soils where the layers of sand are interspersed with marl, the Arneis acquires subtle and elegant aromas reminiscent of white flowers and fresh fruit.

More recently, Arneis was transferred also to the most friable and sandiest lands of the Langhe.

This movement gave origin to two DOC: the first one is located on the left side of the Tanaro river and is called Roero Arneis DOCG, the second takes the name of Langhe Arneis DOC.

Vineyard & Vintage Features

Roero Arneis DOCG 2016

Vineyard

Production area: Comuni del Roero

Farming: tradizional – guyot

Kg of grapes per hectare: no more than 90 quintals/hectar

Wine per hectare: around 6.000 liters

Chemical Analysis

Total SO2: 120 mg/l

Alcohol vol. (%): 13,18%

Sugar rate: 2,93 g/l

Total Acidity: 5,27 g/l

Volatile Acidity: 0,24 g/l