CRITIC REVIEWS
Monica Larner
Here is an exciting new submission from Roagna. The 2016 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione (with 2,713 bottles made) shows quite a few sides to its character. There is a slightly softer side with ripe fruit that dovetails into a spicy side in which you get a clear whiff of white peppercorn. From there, we venture into earthy aromas with iron ore, rose and dried violet. Lastly, there is crushed stone or granite. All of these various facets emerge over a very clean, long and polished mouthfeel.
Aldo Fiordelli
Luca Roagna has bottled Rocche di Castiglione for the first time in 2016. He manages 0.49 hectares beside the winery in Castiglione Falletto, from which he produces 2,000 bottles from vines of 50 years of age. The wine is traditionally fermented in oak with a long maceration after fermentation of 60 days, using the submerged-cap technique. Restrained tobacco, cinnamon and wild strawberry flavours emerge on a palate full of sucrosity, quite typical of the steep vineyard and the younger soils. Dense, velvety and ripe, it ends with a gently austere finish and crisp acidity.