Barolo DOCG Riserva Magnum, Mario Giribaldi

Azienda Agricola Mario Giribaldi

Ruby red in colour, on the nose a lovely scent of cherries, orange and graphite and a hint of white pepper. The palate is noticeably marked by new oak with a good hit of vanilla, the red fruit is still evident accompanied by a sappy acidity which gives a real punch to the ripe but elegant finale. Great crunchy tannins on the finish.

Try with a cocoa-based dessert

The grapes come from the municipality of Novello at an altitude of 460m above sea level; this area benefits from a marl-clay composition with good permeability and excellent southern exposure. The harvest took place on 7 October 2015 where the yield was particularly low, 60 hl/ha. Traditional submerged cap vinification, for twenty-five days, with daily pumping over and regular punching down, at a temperature of 30°C, to favour the extraction of colour; then drawn off, after a 2-month rest in a steel tank, it matured for around 50 months in oak barrels, tonneaux of French origin, subsequently refined in the bottle in an underground environment at a constant temperature of around 16 degrees.