Tenuta Carretta, Bric Paradiso Roero DOCG Riserva 2013: memory of the sea

Among the vineyards of Nebbiolo at Tenuta Carretta, the storied winery in Piobesi d’Alba, those planted in the Menzione Geografica Aggiuntiva  Bric Paradiso in Roero are distinguished for their ability to showcase a particular, and lesser-known, face of this wine. The soils of marine origin - poor in organic matter and rich in mineral salts - the predominantly sandy composition of the soils, the steep slopes of the vines and the important daily temperature range which is accentuated in the ...