Barolo docg  Marcenasco Renato Ratti 2017
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  • Country

    Italy

  • Region

    Piemonte

  • Title

    Barolo docg

  • Kind of wine

    Rosso docg

  • Wine variety

    Nebbiolo 100%

  • Year

    2017

  • Fermentation

    In steel under controlled temperature

  • District of production

    La Morra (CN)

  • Refinement

    12 months in French oak barriques; 12 months in Slavonia oak casks; 12 months in bottle

  • Alcoholic proof

    14%

  • Size

    0,75 L

  • Allergens

    Sulphites


Description

The Barolo wine is known as the “king of all wines, the wine of king”: in fact, it is a noble and generous wine that has given birth to the history of the Italian oenology. This “Mercenasco” Barolo wine has old origins: there are “Rigestum Comunis Albae” that testify the Nebbiolo grapes’ cultivation in the area of “Marcenascum” in La Morra. This is an elegant and aristocratic wine that shows an intense ruby red colour, while it includes a various, floral and spiced bouquet with scents of rose, violet, blueberries, jams, fruit, black pepper and licorice. So, thanks to its peculiarities this wine is perfect if drunk together with red meats, as roasts, game, platters based on the white Alba truffle, seasoned cheeses.


Renato Ratti

Renato Ratti’s caves are founded in 1965, when Renato decided to transfer the wine’s production, already begun in Alba, to La Morra in a building called the Annunziata. Since 1970 Renato Ratti became a datum point for the Langhe’s wine, and then he wrote lots of books about the composition and the history of his...