Barolo Docg La Serra
Denomination: Barolo D.O.C.G. La Serra
Wine Area: 100% Nebbiolo
Grades: 14,5% vol
Production: 4800 bottles
First year of production: 2004
Vineyard Characteristics
Vineyard name / Locality: La Serra / Serralunga d'Alba
Years planted: 1984, 1996, 2003
Wine-Making
Grape-Harvest: Harvested by hand
Fermentation: Vinification in cement tanks with ambient yeasts Fermentation over 30 - 35 days with Remontages, Delestages, and daily punching-down of the cap
Ageing: Elevage happens in large 25 hl Fontainebleau Forest French oak casks for 36 months
Bottling: The wine is bottled without filtration
Description of Wine
Colour: Garnet-Red , concentrated and bright
Bouquet: Violet and rose overtones, with black fruit characteristics and hints of coffee and liquorice
Taste: Black cherry, plum and dark fruit flavours, coffee, liquorice and earthy, leathery overtones. More powerful than the Cerretta, showing more dense tannins and a typically precise, long Serralunga finish
Pairings: Stracotto piemontese
Information
Training: Guyot
Total Acidity: 6,30%
Sugar: 0
pH: 3,6
Maximum Serving Temperature: 16°-17° C
Glasses: Burgundy balloons
