Red

Ravera

By Réva, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy

Réva Ravera

Critics and guides

  • Award: Faccino 97/100 (Doctor Wine, Guida Essenziale ai Vini d'Italia 2027), vintage 2021 (source)

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Barolo from the Ravera MGA in Novello, the estate's first Barolo (first vintage 2013). About 3,500 bottles are made.

Tasting notes

Deep and extremely complex, yet balanced and elegant. Spicy aromas with floral notes, red and black fruit and tobacco. On the palate the acidity stays lively, while the body is deep, with a dense, persistent but velvety tannic texture.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Barolo DOCG
Grape
Nebbiolo 100% (Michet clone)
Cru / vineyard
Ravera
Production area
Novello, MGA Ravera
Soil
Laminated Sant'Agata marls
Exposure
East; South-East
Vineyard planting
4,500 plants per hectare; 0.9 ha; altitude 360 m
Vinification
Manual selection of the grapes on a vibrating table and on a destemmer. Soft pressing and spontaneous alcoholic fermentation on the skins in truncated-cone wooden vats for about 35 days with a submerged cap. Then 24 months in 35 hl Stockinger Austrian oak barrels, with malolactic fermentation in barrel. Bottled in June of the third year after the harvest, followed by 18 months in bottle. Released in the fifth year after the harvest.
Storage
Ageing potential: over 20 years

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