Winemaker Notes
Great with poultry or vegetable dishes, salami, pasta and fish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Loads of fresh flowers on the nose to accompany the table-grape fruit character. Turns a bit more minerally on the palate, but the fruit remains clean and fresh. Dainty Arneis.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A nice white for a little ceviche on the terrace, the Musso 2020 Roero Arneis shines bright from the glass and puts you in a good mood for the summer months to come. The wine is cheerfully redolent of Amalfi lemon, summer peach and exotic papaya. The Arneis grape always shows a slightly waxy or fatty impression in the mouth, and you sense that here, although this expression remains crisp and lean-bodied overall.
Yielding a dry and subtly scented wine, Arneis is the star white grape of Piedmont. Though the grape has been local to Roero since the 1400s, it didn’t experience real popularity until the 1980s when local demand for white wine exploded. Somm Secret—A few key Roero producers are also focusing on exploring the ageability of high quality Arneis. It is only grown outside of Piedmont to a very limited extent.
Even to this day, the Roero folklore lives on about witchcraft lurking behind its dramatic contours and obscure woods—but these stories only add to the region’s allure and charm. Actually today Roero winemakers are some of the most astute and motivated in Piedmont. While the white Arneis has attracted global attention for some time, now Roero Nebbiolo wines (elevated to the same DOCG status as Barolo and Barbaresco) are making a name for themselves. Keep an eye on any labeled with the vineyard, Valmaggiore, as Barolo producers have been investing here for years. If you’re looking for hidden gems, this is your region!