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2018 Barolo, Cerretta, Giovanni Rosso, Piedmont, Italy
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Nebbiolo
Ready - youthful
(Drink 2025 - 2051)
- Walter Speller
- 17++/20
- James Suckling
- 94/100
- Georgie Hindle
- 95/100
Product: 20181133648
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Description
This 36-year-old site sits at almost 400 metres’ altitude, a natural amphitheatre overlooking the rolling Roero to the east. Richer, darker soils give it a more generous expression than Davide’s other wines, with the mixed clay offering more flesh on the palate. Fermentation and maceration take place in cement and French oak botti for three years. The wine is deep, heady and wildly perfumed. It’s welcoming in youth, but there’s a coiled core of earthy mineral grip.
Davy Zyw, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Alcohol % 14%
Maturity Ready - youthful
(2025 - 2051)
Grape List Nebbiolo
Body Full Bodied
Producer Giovanni Rosso
Critics reviews
Walter Speller 17++/20
Serralunga d’Alba. Just mid-ruby. Compelling, complex and fine with minerals and raspberry with a hint of maraschino on the nose. Suave and elegant and concentrated all at the same time and with beautifully sculpted chewy tannins. Simply gorgeous. Ready now but will hold.
Drink 2022 - 2032
James Suckling 94/100
Dried strawberry and tar with some flowers on the nose. Full-bodied and very chewy with sweet berries and tangy tannins at the end. Needs a couple of years to soften.
Drink after 2025
Georgie Hindle 95/100
New to the Place de Bordeaux this year. Sweet baked fruit and floral scents on the nose, so expressive and nuanced - it smells divine. Supple, bright and vibrant - you get the mix of crushed velvet tannins giving a mouthfilling texture then the brightness and lift from the red fruit and touches of dryness from the minerality. Excellent definition and character here, supremely balanced and full of life. Just a pleasure to drink. The cleanness / precision comes across more than anything - so focussed. A soft, silky expression with lovely poise on show. It's not shouting but calmly displaying its excellent qualities. Fermentation 25 days in contact with the skins in concrete tanks.
Drink 2024 - 2044