Red
Del Comune di Grinzane Cavour
By Bricco Carlina, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from a single Grinzane Cavour vineyard planted in 1950 and enlarged in 2016, aged about 30 months in large oak before 12 months in bottle.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with definite garnet hues. Rich, immediate nose of ripe red fruits, blueberries and blackberries, with a leathery finish. Classic, rich and powerful in the mouth, with important but already well-combined tannins and a long, persistent finish. The producer recommends decanting a few hours before serving.
Pairs well with
Stewed meat, game, roasts, strong and mature cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Single vineyard, Grinzane Cavour
- Soil
- Limestone-clay, altitude 280 m
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in baskets in October
- Vineyard planting
- Planted in 1950 and enlarged in 2016, Guyot training
- Vinification
- Fermentation about 3 weeks in stainless steel with regular pumping over, including pre-fermentation maceration; post-fermentation maceration on the skins for 30 to 60 days using the submerged cap method; malolactic fermentation straight after. Aged about 30 months in large Slavonian oak casks, then 12 months in bottle.