Red
Gabutti
By Franco Boasso - Gabutti, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from the Gabutti MGA in Serralunga d'Alba, made only from the best grapes of the 0.54 ha vineyard and aged three years in 10 hl oak.
Tasting notes
Ruby red, not too dark, with garnet reflections. Classic nose of wood tar, spice and black cherries in alcohol, with a hint of roses and violets. Intense, ripe palate of raspberry and cherry, with burnt wood and ash; dense, ripe tannins.
Pairs well with
Meat, game, aged cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Gabutti
- Production area
- Serralunga d'Alba (MGA Gabutti)
- Soil
- Calcareous
- Exposure
- West-south west / west
- Harvest
- October; hand-picked, yield 80 quintals per hectare
- Vineyard planting
- 0.54 ha (5,400 m2), planted 2002; 4,250 vines per hectare, 0.90 x 2.60 m, rootstock 420A-SO4, Guyot; altitude 350 m
- Vinification
- Fermentation in steel at 28-30 C with pumping over, then about 15 days of submerged-cap maceration; aged 36 months in 10 hl oak barrels, then steel before bottling; not filtered. About 3,900 bottles.
- Serving temperature
- 18-20 C
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