Red
Barolo Boiolo Riserva
By Fratelli Savigliano, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy
The Boiolo Barolo kept 5 years in oak before bottling (15% vol on the 2018 sheet).
Tasting notes
Ruby red turning garnet with age. Fruity and floral (violet, vanilla) when young, spicy and tarry after some years. Full, excellent structure, acidity not too marked, pleasant tannins; an evolving wine.
Pairs well with
Elaborate dishes, game, aged cheeses, braised dishes, roast red meat.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo Riserva DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Boiolo
- Soil
- Clay
- Harvest
- Mid to late October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, 4,620 vines per hectare, vines 25 years old, yield 80 q/ha
- Vinification
- Red winemaking. Alcoholic fermentation lasts 12 days at controlled temperature. After racking the wine goes into oak barrels, where malolactic fermentation starts, and ages there for 5 years with a few rackings. At least 2-3 years in bottle; to be drunk within 10-15 years of bottling.
- Serving temperature
- 18 °C
- Storage
- Horizontal
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