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Giacomo Borgogno e Figli

Giacomo Borgogno Barolo Riserva 2018

Red still

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Denomination Barolo DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Area Piedmont (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Nebbiolo
Aging Six years in Slavonia oak barrels with a further refining in bottle for 12 months.
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Description

He was born in our best vineyards, the ones that always give us the most traditional and long-lived Barolo: Cannubi, Liste, Fossati and San Pietro of Viole in Barolo. A classic wine. A wine where the tradition is expressed through the assembly of five different crus that give the true Barolo.

Awards

  • 2018

    95

    /100

    Decanter is a wine and lifestyle magazine, published monthly in around 90 countries. The magazine includes industry news, classic guides and advice on wine and spirits.

  • 2018

    95

    /100

    James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.

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Profumo

Perfume

A very expressive and unique olfactory range that opens up to the scents of the sea and rocks intertwined in harmony with goudron, cocoa beans and cypress wood. The notes of potpourri, rose petals and lilac follow one another. In the background, balsamic puffs.

Colore

Color

Ruby-colored dress, with bright garnet glow.

Gusto

Taste

Definitely velvety on the palate, it develops with elegance, solidity, mature tension, round and silky tannins, slightly drying. Very persistent.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Pairings

Meat
Game
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Producer
Giacomo Borgogno e Figli
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1761
  • Oenologist: Simone Borsari
  • Bottles produced: 250.000
  • Hectares: 40
The name Borgogno is connected to one of the oldest wineries in Piedmont: in fact, in 1761 with Bartholomew Borgogno.

The winery has some interesting records: in 1861, Barolo Borgogno sealed the pact for the birth of Italian unity, and in 1908, it was served to the Tsar of all Russia during a visit to Racconigi.

The turning point came in 1920, when Cesare Borgogno began exporting abroad. However his greatest insight came when he decided to "forget" half of the production of Barolo Riserva in order to sell it 20 years later, realising the great versatility and power of Nebbiolo.

Borgogno is synonymous with slowness: the winery chooses to take its time understanding things and doing them correctly. The vineyards are cared for and attended to with only organic products.


This has resulted in the winery to gain their first Biological harvest.

 The decision to plant forest on eight of their 39 hectars is to protect the biodiversity of the Langa fauna from being decimated by the  cultivation of vineyards.

Borgogno has a sense of history, tradition, and roots that blend with the innovation of the changing times.
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Name Giacomo Borgogno Barolo Riserva 2018
Type Red still
Denomination Barolo DOCG
Vintage 2018
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Nebbiolo
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Vendor Giacomo Borgogno e Figli
Origin Barolo (CN)
Climate Vineyard position: south/south-east.
Soil composition Calcareous and clayey marl.
Cultivation system Archetto variation of Guyot system.
Plants per hectare 4000 plants/ha.
Harvest September 29th - October 7th.
Fermentation temperature At first 22-25 °C and at the end of the fermentation 29-30 °C.
Fermentation About 2 weeks.
Wine making Floating cap fermentation for about 2 weeks at controlled temperature (at first 22-25 °C and at the end of the fermentation 29-30 °C) and subsequent submerged cap maceration for 30 days.
Aging Six years in Slavonia oak barrels with a further refining in bottle for 12 months.
Allergens Contains sulphites