The Roccalini vineyard has plantings going back as far as 1961. It sits at a southwestern exposure on a hill overlooking the Tanaro River at 1,000 ft elevation. The soil is a combination of clay and marl. Paolo believes the freshness of his wines comes from the clay soils. The grapes for the Barbaresco come from the most mature plantings. Paolo is the only one farming grapes at this site and he no longer sells any of his fruit.
Ruby red and transparent, you can see through the glass (as you should with all Nebbiolo). The nose is immediate, pronounced and full of ripe red cherry, red raspberry, sweet roses and tar, a touch of spice and an underpinning of minerality. The palate has slightly grippy but ripe tannins, excellent lift, freshness and length, with the density and intensity to give complexity and pleasure now. A fantastic wine!
A classic producer, Roccalini is known most famously for their excellent Barbaresco. Truly world-class juice, this is not a wine to miss. Roccalini makes wines traditionally, with a lot of care in the vineyards, minimal intervention and long elevages in large neutral Slovenian oak botti.
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