Red
Margheria
By Franco Boasso - Gabutti, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from the historic Margheria area on the ridge falling west from Serralunga d'Alba, first produced in 2003.
Tasting notes
Intense, lively ruby colour. Complex, persuasive nose of red berries and spice. Rich, persistent palate with fresh fruit and succulent sour cherry, long finish.
Pairs well with
Meat, game, aged cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Margheria
- Production area
- Serralunga d'Alba (MGA Margheria)
- Soil
- Clayey with tufaceous marl
- Exposure
- West-south west / west
- Harvest
- October; hand-picked, yield 80 quintals per hectare
- Vineyard planting
- 0.40 ha (3,900 m2 on the tech sheet), planted 2000; 4,250 vines per hectare, 0.90 x 2.60 m, rootstock SO4, Guyot; altitude 300 m
- Vinification
- Fermentation in steel at 28-30 C with pumping over for 12-15 days, then 15 days of submerged-cap maceration; site says 3 years in new 20 hl oak barrels, tech sheet says 36 months, 18 of them in 15 hl oak casks; not filtered. About 2,800 bottles.
- Serving temperature
- 18-20 C
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