Barolo Serra 2014 DOCG Giovanni Rosso
Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
Alcohol content: 14.5% vol
Production: 4800 bottles
First year of production: 2004
Vineyard Characteristics
Name / Geographical location: La Serra / Serralunga d'Alba
Vines planted: 1984, 1996, 2003
Vinification
Harvest period: Harvest in mid-October
Fermentation: Fermentation lasts about 29 days with daily pumpovers, delestages and piages, vinification in concrete tanks without selected yeasts
Aging: Aging is in 25 hl French oak barrels from the Forest of Fontainebleau for a period of 36 months
Bottling: Bottling is done without any filtration
Wine Description.
Color: Dark, deep red
Nose: The nose is important, austere, integral, with initial expression severe, but then rampant in gradually more lindrous and luminous notes
Palate: Blackberry, underbrush fruits, coffee beans, licorice, then violet, cherry pulp and raspberry: On the palate power and structure of first-rate performers. Savory flavor, dense but precise tannins, long persistence.
Pairings: Piedmontese Stracotto