Red

La Serra

By Voerzio Martini, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy

Voerzio Martini La Serra

Single-vineyard Barolo from La Morra, 100% Nebbiolo (Michet) from vines planted in 1971 on Sant'Agata marl at 430 m, aged about 24 months in 500 L French oak.

Tasting notes

Intense ruby red with light amaranth shades and garnet veins. Intense nose of ripe red fruit, fresh strawberry jam and wild blackberries, with a gentle hint of vanilla. Full, smooth, almost opulent in power, rich but with balanced tannins and long sweet persistence; cocoa and overripe fruit notes. A well-structured wine with great longevity, young and promising.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Barolo DOCG
Grape
Nebbiolo 100% (Michet clone)
Cru / vineyard
La Serra
Production area
La Morra
Soil
Marne of Sant'Agata: mixed clay, fine sand and limestone (55% clay, 30% sand, 15% limestone). Altitude 430 m.
Exposure
South West
Vineyard planting
Planted 1971, Guyot training, 6,000 vines per hectare. Four or five manual green harvests thin the crop. Leaf area has been increased over the past 30 years relative to the bunch load.
Vinification
Hand harvest in small crates. Fermentation with emerged cap in stainless steel tanks for 15 to 20 days with temperature and oxygen control. After fermentation the wine is handled under nitrogen up to bottling to protect aromas and colour and cut sulfite use. Malolactic fermentation, then about 24 months in 500 L French oak (60% new, 40% second passage), with the last 6 months blended in 25 hL French oak casks before bottling. Dry extract 33.5 g/L.

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