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Wine Description
The Story
It comes from all the estate’s vineyards, five of the best Crus in Barolo area: Liste, Cannubi, Cannubi San Lorenzo, Fossati and San Pietro delle Viole. The first one, was born 11 million years ago from soil erosion, is composed by a completeness of micro and macro elements that combined together give to the wine peculiar characteristics of complexity and longevity. Cannubi and Cannubi San Lorenzo were born 12 million years ago from the sedimentation of the sea that occupied the Plain of the Po river, is the most famous and vocated Barolo Cru.
They have an amazing complexity of terroir, formed by marly-calcareous soil and a very favorable climate and they give origin to wines with distinguished characters of elegance and longevity. Fossati vineyard was born about 10 million years ago from the sedimentation of the sea that occupied the Plain of the Po river after the push of the African continent against Italian peninsula. Since this vineyard has a relatively young terroir, it is composed by a good percentage of sand and its wines have great floral and red fruits fragrances. San Pietro delle Viole was born 9/10 million years ago and it is the youngest Borgogno vineyard. As its name explain, San Pietro delle Viole, the Barolo has fragrant bouquet, recalling violets notes, always soft and open.
Wine Information
Harvest: great vintage; optimum climatic conditions, particularly dry; excellent maturation of the grape; medium grape quantities in terms of volume but really rich in its elements. Winemaking: regular fermentation and submerged cap maceration; racking off at the middle of November. Ageing: one years in concrete vats and over three years in big Slavonian oak barrels. Bottling: middle of September 1971.
Serving suggestion
Barolo Borgogno is one of the oldest Barolo produced following a classic and natural style. These precious bottles could have some sediment settled in the bottom, for this reason decanting the wine few minutes before the service is recommended.
Perfect pairing
We think it is wrong to recommend a “perfect” food - wine pairing, because everyone have their personal ideas and tastes. However we can suggest with whom it is perfect to drink this wine. With everybody!