Ronchi, Arneis In Amphoris, 2022

Green Apple, Wild Flowers, Fennel

Piemonte / White / Arneis / Organic

The 10-year-old vines are hand-harvested, destemmed, and fermented with wild yeasts in steel tank. It is then aged in amphora for eight months. With notes of fennel, wild flowers and crisp orchard fruits it pairs effortlessly with grilled fish or soft cheese.

Notes on the producer

The Ronchi property is based in the village of Barbaresco, with the family home and cellar perched atop the ‘cru’ vineyard of the same name (for the Italian wine experts out there, the “Ronchi” cru is bordered by “Montestefano” to the north and “Moccagatta” to the south). This amphitheater-shaped vineyard, in which the vines average 30-40 years of age, has a southeastern aspect and runs up to the border with the village of Neive to the east. The Rocca family has been in this spot for four generations, and today winemaker Giancarlo Rocca presides over about 7 hectares (16 acres). Working without any pesticides or herbicides, Rocca is also a traditionalist in the cellar, ageing his wines in the large, Slavonian oak vats known as botti and bottling his wines unfined and unfiltered.