Giovanni Rosso
Barolo Villa Rionda Ester Canale Rosso 2021
| Denomination | DOCG Barolo |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Area | Piedmont (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Aging | in 16 hl Slavonian oak barrels (18 to 36 months depending on the vintage). |
Description
Still red wine, Barolo DOCG, 14% ABV, produced by Giovanni Rosso in Piedmont, 2021 vintage. 100% Nebbiolo. Aged in 16 hl Slavonian oak barrels (18 to 36 months depending on the vintage). A Barolo that embodies the excellence of the Serralunga d'Alba terroir, with notes of violet, rose, balsamic notes, wild berry jam, tar, leather, and truffle. Superb flavor and perfect development; warm, full-bodied, smooth yet with elegant tension; intense fruit with mature, substantial tannins.
Awards
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2021
2This guide is highly respected and offers the most comprehensive review of Italian wines. It has a long tradition and is based on blind tastings carried out by over 100 experts.
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2021
96/100
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2021
4Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide
Tasting notes
Perfume
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C
Longevity:
Over 25 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1960
- Oenologist: Davide Rosso
- Bottles produced: 55.000
- Hectares: 9
Giovanni's son, Davide, studied Oenology and gained invaluable experience in France. In 2001 Davide, then 27 years old, took charge of the vinification & affinamento/elevage of the wines with one goal in mind: "Wine should be a perfect copy of its terroir"... in this case from the slopes of Serralunga d'Alba, among the finest soils in the world.
The Giovanni Rosso cantina (winery) is located in the hamlet of Baudana, just a couple of kilometres north of Serralunga d'Alba village. A traditional family cascina, or farmhouse, it houses the fermentation, ageing, bottling and labeling facilities as well as the offices.
Davide Rosso has been looking for many years for a new terroir where he could face a new challenge himself. The side-project was officially born in May 2016 with the purchase of the Etna estate near the village Solicchiata of Castiglione di Sicilia. The farm rises a few kilometers before Passopisciaro down to Montedolce, a small inactive crater that gives the name to the Contrada. We are in the northeast side of the volcano, a perfectly suited area for the production of red wines. The new holdings extend for fourteen hectares in one single plot among which just something more than six hectares are dedicated to viticulture: 1.2 ha for the whites and 5.5 ha for the reds (Carricante and Nerello Mascalese with small percentages of other local grape varieties, as the tradition requires). The training system has been renamed as "candelabro". Read more
| Name | Giovanni Rosso Barolo Vigna Rionda Ester Canale Rosso 2021 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Barolo DOCG |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Vendor | Giovanni Rosso |
| Climate | Exposure: South. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot |
| Harvest | Mid-October. |
| Wine making | Fermentation lasts about 28 days with daily pumping over and délestage at mid-point (vinification in steel tanks). |
| Aging | in 16 hl Slavonian oak barrels (18 to 36 months depending on the vintage). |
| Total acidity | 6.3 gr/L |
| PH | 3.6 |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |