Barolo del Comune di La Morra 2017 DOCG red wine - Roberto Voerzio

BAROLO FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF LA MORRA 2017 DOCG - AZ. AGRICOLA ROBERTO VOERZIO

Thirty years after the foundation of the Voerzio winery in 1986 in terms of the evolution of taste and the market, Roberto Voerzio has decided to create a new selection of Nebbiolo from four Crus of Barolo in the municipality of La Morra (Fossati, La Serra , Case Nere and Boiolo).

Thus an opening Barolo becomes part of the family, also with its joyful colored dress that seems to make fun of the stereotypical sobriety of many wine labels.

No chemical fertilizers, herbicides, anti-mold or other substances are used that interfere with the vegetative cycle of the vine and the ripening of the grapes. Winter pruning is very short with 5 to 8 buds per plant.

The first thinning begins in mid-July, more than 50% of the grapes are removed, leaving 5 clusters per plant. In mid-August the second thinning takes place where the size of each bunch is reduced by cutting the lower part and leaving only the richer and more concentrated upper one.

With summer thinning we are able to obtain very low yields ranging from 500 grams to 1 / 1.5 kg per plant. This is because Roberto Voerzio has chosen quality between quantity and quality but the choice he makes on the grapes is almost extreme.

When the bunch is ripening on the plant, in addition to a first radical pruning in which it saves the best bunches, it cuts in a second step, sometimes in half, sometimes in three quarters, the bunch of the best that have passed the first selection. The goal is to concentrate as much as possible, in a few grains, all the nutrients and the widest range of varietal expressions.

No substance is used in the cellar that can modify the characteristics of the wine. Alcoholic fermentation lasts from 10 to 30 days and occurs spontaneously without inoculation of yeasts.

There is no filtration in any wine and the maximum expression of Roberto's wines, according to him, occurs only after at least 5 or 6 years of aging in the bottle, and then evolves slowly between 20 and 30 years if stored in optimal conditions.

DATA SHEET

Name: Voerzio Barolo of the Municipality of La Morra 2017

Typology: Still red

Classification: DOCG Barolo

Vintage: 2017

Format: 0.75 l Standard

Region: Piemonte

Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo

Location: La Morra (CN)

N. plants per hectare: 6000/8000

Yield per hectare: very low (0.5 kg).

Harvest: End of September - beginning of October.

Vinification: Fermentation in steel.

Aging: 24 months in used barriques and 15 hl barrels, 8 months in steel and 8 months in bottle.

Alcohol content: 14.00% by volume

Allergens: Contains sulphites