Roero Arneis DOCG “Bricco delle Ciliegie” 2023 – Giovanni Almondo

The single vineyard “Bricco delle Ciliegie” is made with Arneis grown on a 6 hectare south east facing plot on the Vittori hill, located at 340-370 metres above sea level, in the municipality of Montà. Until seventy years ago this area was covered with cherry (Ciliegie in Italian) trees and gave the name to this wine. Soils here are mostly sandy with a small percentage of silt and clay. At the top of the hillside the soil is composed by coarse sand and gravel from 2.5 million years ago, while closer to the valley soils are slightly more calcareous and structured, rich in shellfish, with ‘Sand of Asti’ from 4.5 million years ago. Vines are 35 years old and Guyot trained with vertical shoot positioning.