Barolo Sarmassa Vigna Merenda Scarzello 2019
Sarmassa is the historic vineyard of Scarzello, a place where the soils rich in stones and rocks contain the vegetative phase of the vines, favoring at the same time a perfect ripening of the fruit. Not all the grapes of this historic cru are included in the composition of this wine, but only those of the plots that each year give the best results in vinification.
Scarzello's “Vigna Merenda” is a Barolo really with a capital “B”.
Fermentation with maceration on the skins for up to fifty days, then aging in large oak barrels for thirty months, and finally a rest in the bottle which varies from two to three years.
Scarzello Giorgio e Figli - Barolo
Since the postwar period, the Scarzello family, led by Giuseppe Scarzello, then head of the cellar in a historic cellar in Barolo, has always vinified batches of grapes, selling in demijohn or destined for consumption after work run by his grandmother in Barolo.
The reins have now passed to Giuseppe's son, Federico who with his wife and his tireless mother take care of the vineyards and the entire production process, as well as the sale in the cellar.
Federico Scarzello, who oversees the cellar practices
since 1998, it is the true soul of this reality that is attracting the spotlight of the purists of Langa. After the oenological school in Alba, you decided to bottle what was sold in bulk.
The company has 5 hectares of vineyards, of which 2 and a half in Nebbiolo da Barolo, 2 hectares in the Sarmassa vineyard and half a hectare in the Terlo vineyard, with ages ranging from 5 to 30 years. In charge there is also a Barbera d'Alba Superiore.
Scarzello wines go in search of an identity of the territory, after all with a lot of work in the vineyard and little intervention in the cellar, it is the terroir of this wine-growing area that is envied all over the world to stand out.
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