Barolo “Marassio” DOCG 2022

Giulia Negri | Piedmont
Serradenari s.a. | Via Bricco del Dente 19 | IT 12064 La Morra

05402722 · 0,75 l · 172,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
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530 metres. This is the highest point in the entire Barolo region. Here, at the summit of Serradenari, where the Alps are visible to the north and the "Nebbia" of the Tanaro Valley lies below like a sea, grows the Nebbiolo that Giulia Negri calls her greatest surprise. When she vinified the parcel for the first time, she expected little – too high, too barren, too cold. What she found changed her idea of Barolo. The soil is silty-loamy, interspersed with strong limestone layers, sub-alkaline pH – the opposite of the sandy acidity of Serradenari, the opposite of the alkaline softness of Tartufaia. Limestone at this altitude, exposed to the west, with extreme daily temperature fluctuations: This results in grapes of extraordinary concentration and at the same time extraordinary freshness. 45 days of maceration in conical wooden vats, 30 months in Austrian oak.

Giulia herself describes Marassio as a dancer: delicate on the outside, explosive on the inside. And she is right. Light, transparent ruby red with an orange glow. Dried rose petals, cherry, forest earth and a hint of plum on the nose – the smell of the vines on your gloves in winter, as Giulia says. On the palate: stillness, then explosion. Limestone minerality, freshness, depth – and a final that remains long and quiet, as if the dancer had just finished her bow. "For me, Barolo is a work of art that belongs to the future," says Giulia. The Marassio is the proof. SUPERIORE.DE