Marchesi di Barolo Barbaresco La Tradizione 2012

Marchesi di Barolo Barbaresco La Tradizione 2012

Marchesi di Barolo, 0,75 l - 14.00%
100% Nebbiolo

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Piedmont - Italy
Red still

How to serve

Serve at:

18 - 20°C.

Decanting time:

1 Hour

Longevity:

Over 25 years

Glass:
Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines
Marchesi di Barolo Barbaresco La Tradizione 2012

Colour

Garnet red with ruby hues.

Bouquet

The aroma is intense, persistent with clean scents of fruits, rose dog and spices.

Flavour

The taste is full, but at the same time, harmonious and balanced, with soft tannins, never too much in evidence.

Pairing

This kind of wine is perfect to taste dishes based on pasta, especially dressed with meat sauce, also good with ravioli pasta, red meats, roasts, stews, cheeses of medium seasoning.

Pasta
Meat
Game
Cheese

Features

Name Marchesi di Barolo Barbaresco La Tradizione 2012
Type Red still
Classification DOCG Barbaresco
Year 2012
Size 0,75 l Standard
Alcohol content 14.00% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Nebbiolo
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Origin Barbaresco (CN)
Cultivation system Guyot
Vinification The grapes, freshly picked, arrives in the cellar integrates and is rapidly pressed and gently destalked to extract from the peel and the outer area of the grape only the most noble and aromatic fractions. Fermentation, at a controlled temperature, takes place in thermo-conditioned tanks. Maceration of the skins lasts 8 days, during which the fermenting juice is regularly recycled from the bottom to the top of the tank in order to integrate the tannins softly and extract the color slowly. This procedure is finished throughout all the sugar is converted into alcohol. The wine is poured in cement vats, specially made with a cork insulation, the wine remains for a long post-fermentation temperature of about 22° (72° F.). In this way, the malolactic fermentation starts and ends spontaneously in a short time.
Ageing The refinement is obtained through a year in Slavonian oak and French oak casks. It is then assembled in a large classic barrel, made ​​of Slavonian oak. The wine completes its aging in the bottle before being put on the market. The Barbaresco reaches maturity after 3 years from the harvest and the plateau of maturity between 3 and 20 years.
Allergens Contains sulphites
Pairing This kind of wine is perfect to taste dishes based on pasta, especially dressed with meat sauce, also good with ravioli pasta, red meats, roasts, stews, cheeses of medium seasoning.

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Vintage

Robert Parker
88/100 
2012
Veronelli
 
2 red stars - A high quality wine with distinctive character 2012
xtraWine
91/100 
2012
James Suckling
91/100 
2011
Wine Spectator
91/100 
2009
Marchesi di Barolo
From this winery:

Already at the beginning of the 19th century, the Marquises Falletti di Barolo produced the wine of the same name with great care on their large estates. In 1864, with the Marquise Giulia Colbert di Maulèvrier, the Falletti di Barolo branch died out ...

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