Barolo Cerretta 2021

Description

Barolo DOCG 2021 by Giovanni Rosso, a still red from Piedmont, 14% ABV, 100% Nebbiolo. Produced in Serralunga d'Alba, with grapes harvested in mid-October. Fermentation lasts approximately 29 days in cement tanks without selected yeasts, with daily pumping over, delestages, and piages. Aged for 36 months in 25-hl French oak barrels from the Fontainebleau Forest. The nose is initially listless, then becomes concrete and significant: violet, dried rose, and cherry. A deep, dark, and concentrated garnet color. On the palate, it displays the richness of Serralunga, with a solid body, invigorating tannins, and a silky, precise finish. Ideal with pigeon in Barolo, game, cheeses, and pork. James Suckling gives it 95/100, Vinous 94/100.

Details

Perfume

Initially listless nose, then concrete and important: violet, dried rose, cherry.

Color

Intense, dark and concentrated garnet.

Taste

The palate displays the richness of Serralunga, solid body, invigorating tannin, silky and precise finish.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Giovanni Rosso

From this winery

• Start up year: 1960
• Oenologist: Davide Rosso
• Bottles produced: 55.000
• Hectares: 9

Welcome to Azienda Agricola Giovanni Rosso. We are a small, family-owned producer in the heart of the Barolo commune of Serralunga d'Alba. We make only red wines, and our passion is for Barolo and its great grape, Nebbiolo. We hope you enjoy our website and even more importantly, our wines. Since the 1890's the Rosso family has farmed vineyards in Serralunga d'Alba, notably the Crus of Cerretta, La Serra, Broglio, Meriame, Sorano, Costa Bella, Lirano & Damiano. During the early 1980's Giovanni Rosso restructured the vineyards with the aim of growing the best fruit.

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

Piedmont

Technical Sheet

Name	Giovanni Rosso Barolo Cerretta 2021
Type	Red 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
Origin	Serralunga d'Alba (CN)
Harvest	in mid-October.
Wine making	Fermentation lasts around 29 days with daily pumping over, delestages and piages, vinification in cement tanks without selected yeasts.
Aging	Maturation is in 25 hl French oak barrels from the Forest of Fontainebleau for a period of 36 months.
Total acidity	6.2 gr/L
PH	3.6
Allergens	Contains sulphites