The Barolo Sarmassa Vigna Merenda Scarzello 2019 is well balanced, generous, with a bouquet of dark cherry and cassis, spices, liquorice and tar after its evolution in the bottle. The wine remains finely structured with excellent length and persistence.<\/p>\n
Scarzello Giorgio e Figli is a little gem of an estate located right in the middle of Barolo.<\/p>\n
The company owns just five and a half hectares, of which almost half in Sarmassa, one of the best crus in the region.<\/p>\n
Federico and his father, Giorgio, made the bold decision to replant in the late 1990s. In 2001 Federico – after completing his studies in oenology and agriculture at the Oenology School of Alba and the University of Turin – took over the exclusive management of the company, taking it to a higher level, adapting some aspects of the winemaking while respecting traditions family’s.<\/p>\n
Today the company has five and a half hectares planted in Nebbiolo, of which 2.5 hectares dedicated to the production of Barolo, 2 hectares in the famous Barolo cru Sarmassa, and another half hectare in Terlo and Paiagallo, both highly coveted.<\/p>\n
Federico uses traditional long maceration and large barrel aging – the hallmarks of traditional Barolo – to produce elegant, long-lived wines. The company’s flagship label, Barolo Sarmassa Vigna Merenda, can spend up to 30 months in 25-30 hectoliter Slavonian barrels<\/p>\n
The vines may be young, averaging just over twenty years old, but they are healthy and planted thickly to reduce yields. Federico recently purchased a plot of 100 year old Nebbiolo, not a prime site, but the plant material was the high quality Michet clone. He plans to use cuttings for future replanting. The wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts and undergo a long maturation before a further three years of bottle ageing. Scarzello wines take time and are usually released at least a year or two after those of their peers.<\/p>\n
The wines are filled to the brim with CRU-specific character, charm and potency in equal measure.<\/p>\n
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