# Monclivio (Enrico Serafino)

> Red, Barolo DOCG by [Enrico Serafino](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/enrico-serafino.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/enrico-serafino-monclivio).

- **Producer:** Enrico Serafino
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barolo DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100%
- **Production area:** Serralunga d'Alba and La Morra communes.
- **Soil:** Clay-limestone.
- **Exposure:** South and southwest facing.
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot-trained vines 20 to 35 years old, yields around 8,000 kg/ha, 100% hand-harvested, farmed with sustainable viticulture.
- **Vinification:** Hand-sorted bunches are chilled with dry ice to limit oxidation and sulphite use, then destemmed, hand-sorted again and gently crushed with no use of screw augers. The must ferments in temperature-controlled steel tanks and oak vats with an extended, délestage-aided maceration partly on submerged cap. The wine is then aged about 22 months in medium oak barrels of 2,500 to 4,000 litres.
- **Serving temperature:** 16-18°C
- **Storage:** Can age 10 to 15 years.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

The estate's classic-tier Barolo, blending Nebbiolo from Serralunga d'Alba and La Morra for a style the producer describes as powerfully elegant, shaped by careful vineyard management and oak ageing.

## Tasting notes

Intense ruby red with garnet reflections, a broad, intense nose of redcurrant, liquorice, tobacco, spice, coffee and leather, and a complex, full, harmonious and soft palate with dark berry notes, good body, soft tannins and a pleasant finish.

## Food pairings

Game, roasts and aged cheeses, also enjoyed as an aperitif or after dinner.