Barolo Brunate 2017

Description

Barolo Brunate is a DOCG wine produced by the Rinaldi family, whose winemaking tradition spans two centuries. The vine used to produce this prized and renowned wine is Nebbiolo, a native Piedmont grape and vinified as a single varietal. It is grown in the municipalities of Barolo and La Morra, where the southeast-facing, typically clayey soil gives the wine its organoleptic characteristics. The Nebbiolo grape, whose berries are small, densely packed, and dark blue in color, undergoes a very slow ripening process, so much so that the harvest is done manually during the second/third ten days of October, a period characterized by heavy fog, which seems to be the origin of the grape variety's name. The vinification process is slow and meticulous, beginning with the manual harvesting of the grapes in small baskets, followed by destemming, during which the grapes are separated from the stalks, and subsequent crushing. The alcoholic fermentation is carried out in temperature-controlled concrete or stainless steel tanks, with mechanical pumping over and punch-down systems. During this maceration period, which lasts 20 to 30 days, the temperature of the must must not exceed 35°C. The alcoholic fermentation then proceeds to the malolactic process in medium/large Slavonian oak barrels, for a period of at least 3 years. The refinement process continues for a long time, even after bottling, giving life to a refined and very high quality wine.

Details

Perfume

The nose evokes, shallowly, acidulous tones of sour cherry, currants, rosehips and bramble berries. A light parade of fern, warm earth, mountain pine needles, pine cone and matcha tea follows.

Color

Ruby red with garnet rim.

Taste

In the mouth, the same register through so much vitality, innervated by great freshness, which imprisons the sip in this single direction leaving no taste progression. Copious tannins, rippling but not intrusive.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

Over 25 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Rinaldi Francesco

From this winery

• Start up year: 1870
• Oenologist: Fabio Gemme
• Bottles produced: 70.000
• Hectares: 10

An important starting point summarizing years of history, passion for the hills of Barolo, hard work and devotion to the land that has offered us so much. In the XIX century Giovanni Rinaldi intuitively understood the potential of this farmhouse on a hill planted with vineyards and decided to buy it. His children and grandchildren passionately guided the company handing it down generation after generation arriving at the current owners Paola and Piera Rinaldi. In those initial decades of wine making Barolo was the protagonist in our cellar, bringing together history and tradition. These two focal points were successfully introduced all over Italy by Michele Rinaldi, one of Giovanni’s four sons at the beginning of the XX century.

He made sure that bottles of Barolo Cannubi and Barolo Brunate were present on the tables of those who wrote history, for example in 1949 at the celebrations in occasion of the Italian entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A clear sign of how dedication to the Langa made its wine a protagonist. In the sixties Luciano and Michele, sons of Francesco, continued the family activity making the company grow steadily. In the nineties Paola and Piera took over and decided it was time for a more modern approach and internationalized sales; today the USA is the most important market followed by Northern Europe and part of the Far East. The philosophy of our company, a blend of Barolo, history and tradition is still inspired by the hill that had charmed Giovanni Rinaldi two centuries earlier. Read more

Piedmont

Technical Sheet

Name	Francesco Rinaldi Barolo Brunate 2017
Type	Red still
Denomination	Barolo DOCG
Vintage	2017
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Nebbiolo
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Vendor	Rinaldi Francesco
Origin	Barolo. Sub-zones: Cannubi, San Lorenzo, Brunate, Le Coste, Ravera
Soil composition	Clayey
Cultivation system	Espalier with modified guyot pruning.
Wine making	Made in temperature-controlled steel or cement vats with automatic pumping-over systems for a period of 20 - 30 days.
Aging	Ageing takes place in medium to large Slavonian oak barrels (20 - 50 Hl) for at least three years. After bottling, the wine continues to improve in elegance and harmony for many years.
Year production	10000 bottles
Allergens	Contains sulphites