Red

Cerretta

By F.lli Revello, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy

Critics and guides

Award: 5 Grappoli (Fondazione Italiana Sommelier, Bibenda 2027), vintage 2022 (source)

Awards are shown as each guide published them, with a link to the source. Scores and awards belong to their publishers.

Barolo from the only vineyard the estate farms outside La Morra, in Serralunga; vinified separately since 2013.

Very solid and vigorous wines, especially when young, with a tannic structure quite different from the Barolo made in La Morra.

Style: Red
Denomination: Barolo DOCG
Grape: Nebbiolo
Cru / vineyard: Cerretta
Production area: Cerretta, Serralunga d'Alba (about 0.5 ha)
Soil: Clay, marl and limestone
Exposure: South to southeast
Harvest: Early to mid October
Vineyard planting: Planted 2000 to 2010; yield 5.5 to 6.0 t/ha
Vinification: Horizontal roto-fermenters, about 6 to 8 days on the skins, then about 10 to 15 days in stainless steel; malolactic in barriques. Ageing: 12 months in French barriques (40% new, 60% used), then 12 months in Slavonian oak barrels; bottled in July the year before release, sold in March of the fourth year after harvest. Alcohol 13.5 to 15.0% vol, total acidity 5.10 to 5.80 g/l.