Roero DOCG Riserva Vintage 2017
Wine
Roero is a small paradise made up of sandy dunes in yellow ochre clay tones covered with green vineyards, all of which combine to create a magical and enchanted landscape.
The vineyard traditions in the Roero territory were the inspiration for this denomination and have their roots set deeply over time.
Roero is made from pure Nebbiolo grapes, which reach their apex in Barolo and Barbaresco, and in Roero produce a rare fine and elegant wine which has experienced great success over only a few years time.
The vineyard from which it comes is the oldest vineyard of Nebbiolo grapes owned by the company, planted in 1946 by Giovanni Demarie along with his brother when the latter returned from the war. Giovanni, 20 years younger, has known its brother on his return.
This vineyard, therefore, still tells the story of two brothers among them unknown and a return home after six years of war and captivity.
Tasting Notes
Variety: 100% Nebbiolo grapes
Colour: deep carnet with brick-coloured reflections
Scent in perfume: ethereal and intense with hints of violet, raspberries and blackberries, tinged with elegant touches of spice
Flavour: full-bodied wine, harmonious, warm and powerful. Sensations of violet and red fruits with an undertone of the pleasant spiced fragrances of licorice and cocoa
Best served at: 18 °C – 65 °F
Food matches: braised meats, wild game and tasty mature cheese
Vinification: alcoholic fermentation in steel
Fining: malolactic fermentation and 6 months in French oak barriques
Size / Format: 0,75 l and 1,5 l
Ageing potential: up to 8 years after the harvest
Decanter World Wine Awards 2020 — Rating: 90/100 - Silver Medal
Guide Decanter World Wine Awards
Score Rating: 90/100 - Silver Medal
Publish Year 2020
Vintage 2016
Rating: 90/100 – Silver Medal
Precise and pretty red cherry and spice nose. This is supple, reasonably fresh and quite concentrated with a firm tannic structure and fairly long finish.
James Suckling 2020 — 90/100
Guide James Suckling
Score 90/100
Publish Year 2020
Vintage 2016
James Suckling, considered one of the major international wine critics, rated our Roero DOCG Riserva 2016 with a score of 90/100.
Gilbert and Gaillard International Challenge 2020 — 90/100
Guide Gilbert and Gaillard International Challenge
Score 90/100
Publish Year 2020
Vintage 2016
The Gilbert and Gaillard tasting panel certifies that the Roero Docg Riserva 2016 produced by Az. Demarie has obtained 90/100
Annuario dei migliori vini italiani 2020 — 86/100
Guide Annuario dei migliori vini italiani
Score 86/100
Publish Year 2020
Vintage 2016
Roero DOCG Riserva 2016
Di gran morbidezza balsamica l’aroma, di gran fittezza la trama compositiva estrattiva dei vini di Demarie.
I Vini di Veronelli 2020 — 2 stelle
Guide I Vini di Veronelli
Score 2 stelle
Publish Year 2020
Vintage 2015
Roero DOCG Riserva 2015
I Demarie coltivano le proprie uve sui soleggiati pendii del Roero attraverso metodi compatibili con la salvaguardia dell’ambiente. I vigneti si trovano nei comuni di Vezza, Castagnito, Castellinaldo e Guarene, impiantati prevalentemente con Nebbiolo, Barbera ed Arneis.
La nuova cantina, inaugurata nel 2013, è stata costruita seguendo i più moderni criteri di ecocompatibilità.
Decanter World Wine Awards 2016 — 90/100
Guide Decanter World Wine Awards
Score 90/100
Publish Year 2016
The May issue of the English magazine Decanter came out with a nice article on the Roero written by Stephen Brook, contributor to the magazine since 1996 and winner of several awards for his articles on wine.
Stephen Brook claims that Roero suffers in comparison to Barolo and Barbaresco, but wines surely deserve to be better known and appreciated.
The sandy soil of the territory gives to Roero, aged in cask for a year, a sprightliness and fruitiness you’re unlikely to find in a basic Barolo. But a Roero riserva, made from selected grapes and aged in wood for two years, can taste very different. Some have an old-fashioned meatiness and tarriness; others are intense but fresher and more limpid.
In a blind tasting that include Barolo and Barbaresco, Roero shoud display more elegance, fine tannins and greater accessibility than its neighbours across the river Tanaro.
Stephen Brook then draws up a list of the 12 best Roero tasted and rewards our Riserva 2011 with 90/100:
“Fragrant, intense raspberry nose. Supple and easygoing, but the ample fruit is backed by tannins on the mid-palate, so it does have structure. Spicy finish, but not yet harmonious. Quite long.”
Vine
Nebbiolo is the oldest indigenous red-grape vine of Piedmont and one of the noblest and most prestigious in Italy.
Its name derives from ‘nebbia’, the Italian word for mist or fog: some say this is owing to the ‘misty’ look of its grapes, with their velvety covering, and others that it is because the late-ripening grape is often harvested during early autumn fogs.
Known also as ‘Queen of red grapes’ it is a finicky vine, requiring elaborate care and attention in order to thrive.
It is precisely for this reason that it has known both heydays and moments of utter abandon in the past, although local producers have remained faithful to it through thick and thin, continuing to make the great wines it is capable of producing.
Nebbiolo is a demanding vine, needing exactly the right soil type, a south-facing hillside, pruning and training.
A calcareous tufa-based soil is ideal for this vine that buds early – towards the middle of April – and ripens later than most other varieties, around the middle of October.
It suffers sudden changes in temperature but oscillations between day and night temperatures are an advantage during the grape ripening phase.
For a correct formation of tannins in the grape skins, south or south-west facing hillsides are required, where spring frosts rarely occur.
The Nebbiolo vine produces strong powerful wines, rich in alcohol, that express their characteristics after a period of ageing.
From the cultivation of Nebbiolo, Piedmont produces some of its greatest red wines, the pride of the Region.
Vineyard & Vintage Features
Roero DOCG Riserva 2017
Vineyard
Production area: Comuni del Roero
Farming: traditional – guyot
Kg of grapes per hectare: no more than 80 quintals/hectar
Max wine liters per hectare: around 5.500 liters
Chemical Analysis
Alcohol vol. (%): 14,15%
Sugar rate: < 4,00 g/l
Total SO2: 95 mg/l
Total acidity: 5,57 g/l
