Scarzello SCARZELLO Barolo Sarmassa Vigna Merenda 2016

Description

Barolo Sarmassa Vigna Merenda Scarzello 2016 is produced in only 5,500 bottles. Well balanced, generous, with a bouquet of dark cherries and cassis, spices, licorice and tar after its evolution in the bottle. The wine remains finely structured with excellent length and persistence.

Scarzello Giorgio e Figli is a small estate jewel located right in the middle of Barolo.

The company owns just five and a half hectares, almost half of which in Sarmassa, one of the best crus in the region.

Federico and his father, Giorgio, made the bold decision to carry out a replanting in the late nineties. In 2001 Federico – after completing his oenology and agrarian studies at the Oenological School of Alba and the University of Turin – took over the exclusive management of the company, starting it at a higher level, adapting some aspects of winemaking in compliance with traditions family’s.

Today the company has five and a half hectares planted in Nebbiolo, of which 2.5 hectares are dedicated to the production of Barolo, 2 hectares in the famous cru of Barolo Sarmassa, and another half hectare in Terlo and Paiagallo, both highly coveted.

Federico uses the traditional long maceration and aging in large barrels – the hallmarks of traditional Barolo – to produce elegant and long-lived wines. The company’s flagship label, Barolo Sarmassa Vigna Merenda, can spend up to 30 months in 25-30 hectolitre Slavonian barrels

The vines may be young, averaging just over twenty years, but they are in good health and densely planted to reduce yields. Federico recently bought a 100-year-old plot of Nebbiolo, not a privileged site, but the plant material was from the high quality Michet clone. He plans to use cuttings for future replanting. The wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts and undergo a long elevation before a further three years of bottle aging. Scarzello wines take time and are usually released at least a year or two after those of their peers.

The wines are full to the brim with CRU-specific character, charm and potency in equal measure. THE