The Winery Roccolo of Ticino

Winery Roccolo - Bianco di Merlot
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 147 of the estates of Ticino.
It is located in Ticino

The Winery Roccolo is one of the best wineries to follow in Ticino.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Ticino to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Roccolo wines

Looking for the best Winery Roccolo wines in Ticino among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Roccolo wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Roccolo wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Roccolo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Roccolo

How Winery Roccolo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef marengo "my mom" style or rabbit with goat cheese and mint.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Roccolo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Roccolo. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Roccolo

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Roccolo.

  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Ticino

Ticino is a relatively small wine region in the alpine South of Switzerland, prized for its Merlot, and located along its border with Italy. The wine region's borders follow those of the canton of Ticino, a primarily Italian-speaking enclave in the landlocked multilingual country (the canton is called "Tessin" by the French and German speakers). Vineyard">Vineyards in region cover just over 1,100 hectares (2,700 acres) and are centred around the rivers and large, alpine lakes of the canton. The latter are a major tourist attraction - much like the lake of Como, just 5km (3 miles) from Ticino's southernmost tip - and they all share water with Italy.

Merlot is the flagship variety here. This Bordeaux variety, which may seem an unusual variety of preference for a Swiss wine region, was introduced to Ticino in the early 20th century. It makes up just over 80 percent of the entire vineyard area and has been so successful, it has been given its own appellation: Merlot del Ticino. This can be relatively light or – when from the warmer, sunnier vineyards and carefully vinified with oak – as fine and well Structured as good red Bordeaux.

Other varieties include Chardonnay (4 percent) and Sauvignon Blanc (1. 7 percent). In total, white wines only represent nine percent of the regional output. Other than Merlot, reds include (in order of planting area) Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and one of Switzerland's "indigenous" crossings: Gamaret.

The top red wines of Winery Roccolo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Roccolo

How Winery Roccolo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of barbecued prime rib with coarse salt, shoulder of lamb in a crust or bacon and mushroom tagliatelle.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Roccolo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Roccolo. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Roccolo. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Roccolo

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Roccolo.

  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Negro Aramo

Its country of origin is Greece - it is related to the Greek xynomavro grape variety - and it has been cultivated for a long time in southern Italy, particularly in the southern region of Puglia, although it is known throughout the country. It should not be confused with aglianico, with which it has some synonyms. It should be noted that there is an early Negro Aramo clone. We can also meet the Negro Aramo in England, Australia, New Zealand, the United States (California, ...), ... in France it is almost unknown.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Roccolo

Planning a wine route in the of Ticino? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Roccolo.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Roccolo and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Vinification of sweet wines

Moelleux and liquoreux wines are characterized by the presence of residual sugars (natural sugar of the grape), not transformed into alcohol under the effect of yeasts. The fermentation is stopped by cold and by the addition of sulphur dioxide (sulphur).