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Giacomo Borgogno e Figli

Giacomo Borgogno Barolo Fossati 2013

Red still

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2019
£414.00

6 bottles

£207.00

3 bottles

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Denomination Barolo DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Area Piedmont (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Nebbiolo
Aging 4 years in Slavonian oak casks (4500L) with a further refining in bottle for 6 mounths.
Other years 2019
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Description

Born in our youngest vineyard, one that from 2008 gives floral and fruity aromas in Barolo Borgogno: Fossati, in the municipality of Barolo. grows for at least four years in the smaller casks (so to speak!) that are able to enhance the typical grapes from Nebbiolo. It means an elegant wine, fragrant, balanced, soft and round, which suggests it might be different our earth.

Awards

  • 2013

    4

    Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.

  • 2013

    94

    /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.

  • 2013

    2

    This 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.

  • 2013

    93

    /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.

  • 2013

    90

    /100

    The prestigious international wine guide from the renowned Robert Parker, the world's most experienced and trusted wine taster.

  • 2013

    3

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

  • 2013

    2

    Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide

  • 2013

    95

    /100

    Wine spectator is the most influential wine guide on the internet.

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Perfume

Perfume

Empyreumatic scents distinguish the opening of a rich and complex olfactory range. This is followed by notes of cherry jam, carcadè, mint tea and star anise.

Color

Color

Ruby turning to garnet.

Taste

Taste

Silky and pulpy on the palate, it shows a fruity crunchiness supported by freshness and a well-structured texture. Final balsamic. Persistent. Authoritative.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

Over 25 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

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 Fossati 2013
Type Red still
Denomination Barolo DOCG
Vintage 2013
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Nebbiolo
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Vendor Giacomo Borgogno e Figli
Origin Barolo (CN)
Climate Altitude: 290-500 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South-East.
Soil composition Calcareous and clayey marl, slightly sandy.
Cultivation system Archetto variation of Guyot system.
Plants per hectare 4000
Harvest End of September/beginning of October.
Fermentation About 12 days.
Wine making Spontaneous fermentation carried out by indigenous yeasts for about 12 days in concrete tanks, controlled temperature (22 – 25 °C initially, 29-30 °C at the end ), followed by submerged cup maceration for 40 days, stable temperature 29 °C. After the racking off, the malolactic fermentation starts, and it lasts about 15 days at 22 °C.
Aging 4 years in Slavonian oak casks (4500L) with a further refining in bottle for 6 mounths.
Allergens Contains sulphites