Il Falchetto `Bricco Roche` Nizza Riserva 2016/17

Il Falchetto `Bricco Roche`  Nizza Riserva DOCG, Piedmont, Italy, 2016/17

Grape: 100% Barber, clay/limestone soil, hand harvested, 30 months minimum ageing including 12+ months in French oak barrels

Producer Tasting Note:

Intense ruby red colour with dark red hints, red fruits scents, red orange, balsamic notes and vanilla. Full bodied palate, persistent, intense and with great acidity. 

Critic's Tasting Note:

"Rich, deep dark ruby with a black core. Intense and compact on the nose, with aromas of blackberry, plum and elderberry, plus subtle dark chocolate. Lots of rich cherry fruit on the palate and grippy, dense tannins. The wine lines the palate nicely, has a juicy flow and firm drive on the finish."

93/100 points, FALSTAFF (Austria), December 2022 (For 2017)

Also awarded 94/100 points, I VINI DI VERONELL, 2021 (For 2016) 

Food Match: Best served at 16° C. It pairs well with wild game meat and seasoned cheese. It is also excellent as a meditation wine or after meal, accompanied by dark chocolate candied fruit.

Tenuta Il Falchetto

We are delighted to be offering the wines of Il Falchetto, from Santo Stefano Belbo in Piemonte. The estate is east of Alba close to the border of the Langhe and Monferrato regions. It is owned by the Forno family, whose long history here began in the mid-1600’s. For the last four generations they have been a family of winegrowers and winemakers, devoted to the vine and to wine. Pietro Forno began producing Moscato in 1940 and at the end of the 70s Pietro passed the reins to his children Natalino and Luigi, who renewed the cellar and invested in new equipment. They worked hard improving and honing techniques, always with the maximum respect for tradition and their land.

Today the Il Falchetto Estate is proudly managed by brothers Giorgio, Fabrizio and Adriano Forno and includes vineyards in both Cuneo and Asti provinces, in which nine different varieties are cultivated, though the focus and highlight is their world class Barbera. The philosophy is to produce only top quality wines that respect and express the very best that each individual vineyard can produce.

For more details of this beautiful estate visist: www.ilfalchetto.com/en/