Cascina Val del Prete, Vigna di Lino, Nebbiolo d'Alba

Mario Roagna is an up and coming star in Piedmont who continues to prove his talents every year. The fruit for this wine comes from the Roero DOCG, but since the appellation is widely unknown, he chose to label this wine as Nebbiolo d'Alba. This wine is respectfully named after his father and is one of the winery’s flagship wines each year. The soils in Roero are more sandy than its famous neighbors of Barolo and Barbaresco and create wines with density, full body, elegant tannins and early drinkability, usually reaching their peak at 5-10 years. The vineyards are farmed biodynamically and the vines are worked entirely by hand. After harvest, the grapes are destemmed and go through 25 days of skin contact during natural yeast fermentation. The wine is pressed into a mixture of used and new french oak barrels where it will rest for fifteen months before bottling. The final product is absolutely delicious, full of personality, and made in a modern style.The 2008 Vigna di Lino as a dark r