Barolo Riserva Vigna Elena - 2018

Barolo Riserva Vigna Elena
Grape Variety : Nebbiolo  
Caract. : Dry red wine  
Price : 206.25$
SAQ Code :  
Inventory : Cellier Collection  
Format : 750 mL 
Degree of Alcohol : 14.5% 
Bottles/Crate : 6 

Tasting :

Full, brilliant garnet-red color. The nose is clean, clear and complex, with notes of rose, fine tobacco, mint, sweet spices such as nutmeg and cinnamon, and licorice. On the palate, it’s enveloping, warm, full-bodied, revealing fresh spices and red fruits with pleasant tannins brought by 36 months in large casks. Pleasant return of fruit on the finish.

Wine Pairing :

Accompanies starters and game sauces, roasted red meats and wild boar stew. Long-ripened hard cheeses, bloomy or blue-veined cheeses.

Winemaking :

  • Variety : Clone of Nebbiolo called Rosé 100%.
  • Age of vines : 33 years old
  • Density : 4,000 /ha
  • Irrigation : None
  • Harvest : Manual
  • Fermentation : Stainless steel vat for 30 days, temperature control, automatic pumping-over with post-fermentation maceration
    30 days with immersed cork.
  • Maturation: 6 months in large Slavonian oak barrels
    Slavonian oak barrels of 50 hl - Aged on lees 60 days - Aged 24 months in bottle - Malolactic fermentation
  • Type of yeast : Indigenous
  • Type of fining : Unfiltered - not fined
  • Cellar : 20 years
  • Decanting : 3h +
  • Serving temperature : 16-18 °C.

See the Press Review


Vintage 2018

  • GiardiniNotes.com : 98 pts.
  • Jancis Robinson : 17.5/20 pts.
  • James Suckling : 95 pts.
  • Wine Advocate- R. Parker: 96 points

Vintage 2017

  • Wine Advocate- R.Parker : 95 pts.
  • Wine Spectator : 97 pts.
  • Decanter : 97 points

Vintage 2016

  • Wine Advocate- R.Parker : 97 pts.
  • Wine Spectator : 97 pts.

Vintage 2015

  • Wine Advocate- R.Parker : 95 pts.
  • Wine Spectator : 97 pts.

Vintage 2014

  • Wine Advocate- R.Parker : 96+ pts.
  • Wine Spectator : 94 pts.
  • Vintage 2013
  • Wine Advocate- R.Parker : 97 pts.
  • Wine Spectator : 95 pts.
  • Vintage 2012
  • Wine Advocate- R.Parker : 95 pts.
  • Wine Spectator : 95 pts.

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