Roero Sanche 2024

The Roero DOCG 'Sanche' by Stefano Occhetti (Monteu Roero) stands as a pure, courageous, and deeply personal expression of Nebbiolo born on the steep, rugged slopes of the Roero hills. After ten years as an engineer working internationally within top corporate environments, Stefano chose in 2019 to leave behind the corporate path and return to his grandparents' homeland to farm these uncompromising amphitheaters. Joined in 2022 by his wife Giulia (also an engineer), the couple crafts this single-vineyard red as the first-ever dedicated bottling of the 'Sanche' cru in Monteu Roero.

Cellar protocols favor minimalist, low-intervention craftsmanship: spontaneous fermentation driven by native yeasts and a slow maturation period of approximately 20 months in French oak casks. Occhetti's 'Sanche' emerges as a benchmark Roero red of exceptional aromatic purity and vertical energy—marrying soaring floral perfume with fine-grained, chiseled tannins and a distinctive saline-sandy minerality built for long cellaring.