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Roero

DOCGAppellation

Roero is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 19 communes. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Nebbiolo and Arneis. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

Sandy hills north of the Tanaro river opposite the Langhe, for Nebbiolo reds and Arneis whites.
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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
25,871 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
18.89 × 23.87 km
Centre
44.7740° N, 7.9690° E
Grapes
Albarossa, Ancellotta, Arneis, Avarengo, Baratuciat, Barbera Bianca, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Bussanello, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Cortese, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Erbaluce, Favorita, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nascetta, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rossese Bianco, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Slarina, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Teroldego, Timorasso, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina, Viognier
Other grapes
Avana', Bragat Rosa, Malvasia Moscata, Montanera, Mueller Thurgau, Ruche'
Max yield
70 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
9.7 km north of Alba
Nearest city
24 km south-west of Asti 74,348 people
To the sea
66 km
Rivers nearby
Tanaro (7.7 km)
Same latitude
Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Willamette Valley (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
122–435 m
Mean elevation
270 m

Measured over the whole outline on 88,505 elevation cells of about 54 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Roero Red
Nebbiolo
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Roero Arneis White
Arneis
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Roero Arneis Spumante White · Sparkling Wine
Arneis
max 70 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Piedmont (Barolo, Barbaresco)

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406
407
408
309
510
411
312
513
314
415
516
317
318
519
420
521
322
423
324

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 19

Wineries · 10

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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