Red
La Serra
By Roberto Voerzio, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Barolo from La Serra in La Morra, 100% Nebbiolo, first made in 1987.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- La Serra
- Production area
- La Morra
- Exposure
- south-east
- Harvest
- late September to early October
- Vineyard planting
- Planting density 8,000 vines/ha; yield per vine 500 g; first vintage 1987; about 5,000 to 6,000 bottles produced
- Vinification
- Fermented in steel; aged 24 months in used barriques and 15 hl casks, 8 months in steel and 8 months in bottle. Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation without added yeasts, lasting 10 to 30 days; malolactic in steel; wine moved to wood for ageing; not filtered; sulphites at bottling usually under half the legal limit.
- Serving temperature
- 15°C to 16°C; open the bottle 2-3 hours before serving if possible
More from Roberto Voerzio
- Brunate, Barolo DOCG
- Cerequio, Barolo DOCG
- Di San Francesco, Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Fossati Case Nere Riserva 10 Anni, Barolo Riserva DOCG
- Il Cerreto, Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Langhe da uva Merlot, Langhe DOC Merlot
- Pozzo dell'Annunziata, Barbera d'Alba Riserva DOC
- Priavino, Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Rocche dell'Annunziata, Barolo DOCG
- Rocche dell'Annunziata Torriglione, Barolo DOCG
- Sarmassa, Barolo DOCG