Red
Barolo
By Renato Corino, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
The Barolo del Comune di La Morra, blended from Nebbiolo of several La Morra sites, aged 24 months in oak. About 12,000 bottles a year.
Tasting notes
Colour: red with Bordeaux reflections. Nose: red fruit with an elegant addition of herbal and balsamic notes. Palate: rich and intense, gently tannic finish. Scents of cinnamon and smoke with strawberry and cherry, hints of mint, oregano, forest and orange zest; velvety texture with fresh tannins.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- La Morra; the English tech sheet adds one vineyard in Serralunga d'Alba
- Soil
- Limestone and clay
- Exposure
- Southwest
- Vineyard planting
- 2.3 ha, 350 m above sea level; Guyot training; average vine age 35 years; yield 50 q/ha
- Vinification
- Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel for about a week; malolactic in barrel. Aged 24 months in oak of different ages, then in bottle. No fining or filtration.
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