WINE DESCRIPTION

The Barolo of the Municipality of Serralunga Docg 2017 is the most immediate of the Barolos produced by the company run by Ferdinando Principiano. Nebbiolo grapes ripen on 3.5 hectares of land, from young vines planted in the Boscareto valley to Serralunga d'Alba; in the vineyard the agronomic conduction is impeccable without the use of any chemical substance, no official certification but agriculture can be considered to all effects biological. The grapes are harvested at the beginning of October, particular attention is paid to the productive balance of the plant and the right ripening of the grapes. The pressed grapes ferment without inoculation of yeasts and without sulfur dioxide for about a month, after which the wine is aged for twenty-four months in barrels of 20 and 40 hectoliters and subsequently in about 20,000 bottles produced.

TASTING NOTES

The color is garnet red, delicate and elegant. The olfactory bouquet is rich and full of vitality, with an overwhelming intensity composed of hints of black cherries and rose petals, licorice and cloves, leather and spices. Excellent tasting, dominated by robust tannins that lead to forget it in the cellar for a couple of years, and promise to sustain it for at least a decade.

AGING CAPACITY

Wine capable of evolving 10 years or more.

SMALL TIPS

Taste it at a temperature of 16 ° -18 ° C combined with a salmì rabbit with polenta.

TO KNOW MORE

The term Nebbiolo seems to derive from "fog", it is not clear whether to define the appearance of the grape, dark, but tarnished (clouded) by abundant bloom, or if due to the very late ripening of the grapes, which often leads to harvest in period of autumn mists.