2024 Le Rive del Bricco delle Ciliegie Arneis, Giovanni Almondo

• Style: Luminous, mineral-driven Piedmont white
• Taste: Dried pear, lemon, white flowers, saline minerality, citrus snap
• Food: Shellfish, white fish, poultry, light pasta, goat cheese
• Occasion: Sunday lunch, date night, aperitivo
• Serve: Chilled; bone dry, 13.5% ABV

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Vivid and mineral-driven, this Arneis opens with dried pear and apple, then flexes between citrus snap and saline grip on a palate built for food. At 13.5% alcohol and just 0.5g/L residual sugar, the wine finishes long and dry—a textbook expression of high-altitude Roero character.

The Winery — Giovanni Almondo

The Almondo family have called Montà home for over 600 years, though Domenico was the first to bottle wine from their vineyards in the early 1980s. His sons Stefano and Domenico now oversee the estate's 18 hectares of meticulously tended vines, split across the commune's distinct geological zones. The 2024 vintage, despite July hail damage that concentrated fruit on fewer grapes, delivered excellent quality from forty-year-old vines worked entirely by hand. Grapes were fully destemmed and fermented with wild yeasts in stainless steel, then aged nine months on fine lees—a traditional approach that builds texture without oak.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

The Roero's sandy, acidic soils give this Arneis its distinctive aromatic lift: white flowers, chamomile and white peach sit beneath the mineral undertow. Pairs effortlessly with carpaccio, poached fish, goat cheese and herbed pasta dishes. If you've only encountered the grape as an everyday tipple, this bottle will reset your expectations of what layered, site-specific Arneis can deliver. Chill well and serve as an aperitivo or alongside Sunday lunch and intimate dinners. Vegetarian and vegan friendly. Explore the rest of our Italy collection and the broader Fruity & Aromatic White Wine selection to discover how geography and vintage shape flavour in white wine.