Red
Cerretta
By Bugia nen, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Barolo from Cerretta in Serralunga d'Alba, 100% Nebbiolo, first made in 2014 with about 2,000 bottles and 14.0% alcohol. The producer calls it enveloping and intense.
Tasting notes
Aroma of withered flowers and blackberry jam, then cocoa and liquorice. Dense, enveloping palate with solid body and a persistent, balanced flavour; fresh, clean finish with fine, elegant tannins.
Pairs well with
Fassona rib steak, fillet with morels, truffled partridge.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Cerretta
- Production area
- Serralunga d'Alba, Cerretta; 340 m a.s.l.
- Soil
- Limestone and clay
- Exposure
- West
- Harvest
- Mid-October
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1998; espalier training, Guyot pruning
- Vinification
- Fermented in concrete tanks on the skins for about 25 days, with daily pumping over and one delestage at the midpoint. Aged 18 to 30 months depending on the vintage in large 25 hl French oak barrels from the Fontainebleau forest.
- Serving temperature
- 16-17 C
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