Red
Serraboella
By Paitin, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Serraboella blends fruit from two plots within Paitin's namesake cru in Neive: the more mineral, rugged 'd Tourun plot bordering the Bricco, and the finer, more sheltered Schiena d'Ernestin plot. It has been vinified as a standalone wine since 1999, having previously been part of the Sorì Paitin Barbaresco.
Tasting notes
Producer's note on the 2017 vintage: approachable given the generous vintage that brought sweeter tannins, without compromising the complexity and verticality typical of Serraboella; described as the door toward the complexity of Paitin's wines.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Serraboella
- Production area
- Neive (CN) - Langhe
- Soil
- Marly limestone of the Marne di Sant'Agata fossili, typical on the Schiena d'Ernestin plot, and sand-marl stratification called Formazioni di Lequio on the 'd Tourun plot
- Exposure
- South-West, 280-320 meters above sea level
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, planted 1980-1995
- Vinification
- Destemmed and pressed, then ferments and macerates 3 to 6 weeks in stainless steel, finishing maceration with the traditional submerged-cap technique. At the end of winter the wine is moved to wood barrels where it stays around 1.5 to 2 years depending on structure. Barrels are 25-50 hectolitre Slavonian and Austrian oak, about 15 years old.
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