Cascina Lo Zoccolaio
Lo Zoccolaio Barolo Ravera Riserva 2017
| Denomination | Barolo DOCG |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Piedmont (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Aging | In French barriques for 42 months and refined in bottles for 6 months before being marketed. |
Description
Cascina Lo Zoccolaio follows exactly the process of tradition. In the vineyard, the grapes are treated with love and respect. Without the use of herbicides, controlled grassing through green manure is maintained between the rows, respecting the rhythms of nature. Harvesting is done strictly by hand, selecting only the best grapes with a lower yield to obtain better quality. This Barolo is a blend of grapes from vineyards located only in Barolo and Monforte d'Alba.
Awards
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2017
3This 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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2017
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.
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
15 - 25 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1890
- Oenologist: Massimo Marasso
- Bottles produced: 130.000
- Hectares: 25
In the Langa region they really love to discuss the concepts of innovation and tradition. This debate too is so, “traditional”: it fits the peasant custom to uphold, even animatedly, one’s own opinion around the dinner table, at the tavern or in the market place. The debate, finally summarizes and synthesizes the old conflict between different generations, between innovators and conservatives, between fathers and sons. At Lo Zoccolaio, a typical farmstead named after an ancient maker of wooden shoes who lived there, this debate is voluntarily highlighted and brought to the surface. In the cellar you start from the “modernism” of the barrique and go back to the use of larger wooden barrels, while the architectonic choices of the recent restructuring go over the colors and materials of the territory with a decisively present day, modern line, harmonized by its contrast with the surrounding vineyards.
Lo Zoccolaio's understood virtue is in the middle, the perfect balance between respect for tradition and its enrichment with innovation and freshness. Read more
| Name | Lo Zoccolaio Barolo Ravera Riserva 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 | Cascina Lo Zoccolaio |
| Origin | Barolo (Cuneo). |
| Climate | Altitude: 300 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South-West. |
| Soil composition | Marly limestone. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot. |
| Plants per hectare | 4,500. |
| Yield per hectare | 6,000 kg/hectare. |
| Harvest | October. |
| Fermentation temperature | 28 °C |
| Wine making | Grapes are destemmed and crushed, followed by fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 28°C. This consists of leaving the must in contact with the skins for 15 days. After racking, malolactic fermentation occurs. |
| Aging | In French barriques for 42 months and refined in bottles for 6 months before being marketed. |
| Total acidity | 5.8 gr/L |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
