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Arneis wine proudly comes from Roero hills. It is the protagonist of the recent wine re-launching of the area. It has been mentioned as “renexij” and “ornesio” since 1400 in some toponymic documents concerning the municipalities of Canale and Monticello. The Roero noble family’s cellar registers are full of evidences of an ancient and continuous care about this wine, which had a “vermouth” vinification experience in the end of 1700. At the beginning of 1900, Arneis wine (sometimes called “White Nebbiolo”) is identified with Roero hills and records significant market successes. The popular knowledge, through several linguistic steps, affirmed the musical and pleasant name of “Arneis”, which also indicates a fanciful and rebel, original and funny person. It is almost exclusively obtained from grapes of the same vine; it is produced in the province of Cuneo, in the same area of Roero DOC, which is a surface of 450 hectares (2000) and gives near 25.000 hl; the maximum grape production per hectare is 100 quintals, and the grape maximum result into wine is 70%; it has a minimum alcoholic content of 10,5%; it has a more or less intense pale yellow colour, with slightly amber reflections; its smell is delicate, fresh and herbal; its taste is dry, pleasantly bitter and herbal; it is a wine good for fish dishes and delicate appetizers; it is also available as sparkling wine; Roero DOC denomination is reserved for white and red wines corresponding to some conditions and requirements fixed. Vine: Roero denomination, with the indication of Arneis vine, is reserved for wine which is obtained from vineyards which exclusively consist of the correspondent vine. The vine name has to be indicated on the label, next to or immediately below the origin denomination, with characters whose dimension is not higher than those utilized for the denomination of origin. The production area consist of the Roero territories, which are the province of Cuneo, and the municipalities of Canale d’Alba, Corneliano d’Alba, Piovesi d’Alba, Vezza d’Alba, and partly the municipalities of Baldissero d’Alba, Castagnito, Castellinaldo, Govone, Guarene, Magliano Alfieri, Montà d’Alba, S. Stefano Roero, Sommariva Perno. There is no ageing considered.