Red

San Rocco

By San Biagio, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy

San Biagio San Rocco

Barolo from the San Rocco vineyard on the Serralunga d'Alba ridge, spicy and intense with jam and chocolate tones.

Tasting notes

Intense, brilliant ruby red. Black fruit jam, currant, blackberry, blueberry and cherry, licorice, toasted chocolate and caramel, violet and rose, resin and lacquer; goudron, tobacco and leather in older wines. Harmonious, silky palate with soft tannins and good alcohol.

Pairs well with

Structured first courses, duck and guinea fowl with caramelised fruit or bitter chocolate, red meats and game, medium and long-aged cheeses.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Barolo DOCG
Grape
Nebbiolo
Cru / vineyard
San Rocco
Production area
San Rocco, Serralunga d'Alba (highest part of the main ridge, beside the road)
Soil
Sant'Agata marl
Exposure
South-West
Harvest
Mid-October, by hand
Vineyard planting
Planted 2002; average altitude 300 m
Vinification
Cold static maceration for 24 hours, fermentation at 26 °C with frequent punching down for about 20 days, then a month of maceration with the cap submerged. About two and a half years in oak (first 18 months in second- and third-passage barrels, then a year in small Slavonian barrels), then a year in bottle.
Serving temperature
16-18 °C; balloon glass; ages 10-20 years

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