Red
Boschi di Berri Pre-fillossera
By Poderi Marcarini, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Boschi di Berri Pre-fillossera comes from a century-old, ungrafted vineyard on partially sandy soil that escaped the phylloxera epidemic, a rare example of vines still on their own roots.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby-red with reflections between fuchsia and violet; a bouquet recalling violets and raspberries, intense and persistent; a warm, nearly velvety palate of ripe cherries and currants, with the structure and harmony of traditional late-19th-century Dolcetto.
Pairs well with
Cold and warm hors d'oeuvres, pasta dishes, roasts, white meat and fresh cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto
- Cru / vineyard
- Boschi di Berri
- Production area
- La Morra
- Soil
- Neutral argillaceous with magnesium
- Exposure
- West
- Vineyard planting
- Native, ungrafted vines (no rootstock), 4,400 vines/ha, free-standing espalier with Guyot pruning, planted late 1800s, 0.5 hectares under vine. Estate-wide, Marcarini's vineyards are pruned to limit yield, maintained with organic composting and controlled grassing over of the rows, and vine diseases are treated with traditional methods.
- Storage
- Ages well in the bottle for several years.
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