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The gentle, sandy hills of the Roero lie immediately north of the Tanaro and therefore are on the wrong side of the tracks as far as Barolo and Barbaresco are concerned.  I poked around this region a few times and was thoroughly under-whelmed until I met the talented, young Marco Porello.  Familiar with every inch of his vineyards, Marco is ‘un vero uomo della terra’ with complete conviction in the quality of his native Roero.  The 2009 Arneis is grown in the sandy soils near Vezza and shows zesty citrus notes of Seville orange and grapefruit underpinned with stony acidity.  The Barbera 2008 is bright, cherry-scented as good value as ever whilst the 2008 Nebbiolo sees this wine back on fine form with a finely-judged blend of dusty tannins and fresh acidity. 

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