# Cerretta (Bugia nen)

> Red, Barolo DOCG by [Bugia nen](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/bugia-nen.md), Barolo, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bugia-nen-cerretta).

- **Producer:** Bugia nen
- **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
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-05



## Summary

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.

## Food pairings

Fassona rib steak, fillet with morels, truffled partridge.