2018 Barolo, Serra, Giovanni Rosso, Piedmont, Italy

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Description

For Davide’s Serra, a combination of altitude, east-facing exposure and the vineyard’s position on steep, raw calcareous soils has resulted in a wine with incredible focus, finesse and power. The 2018 vintage gives this wine an uplifting, rose-tinted perfume, a joyful red-fruit tang and a herbal quality. Most importantly, this is a wine of its place. The Serra vineyard gives a raw framework of taut verticality, fine china tannins and energetic purity.

Davy Zyw, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2018

Alcohol % 13.5%

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. A complex nose loaded with spicy savoury fruit and saline hints. Youthful and generous red-fruit palate with finely ground tannins that stick to the palate. Elegant and suave and with surprisingly well-behaved tannins for Serralunga and ready now. A very pretty wine, all the same.

Drink 2022 - 2030

Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2022)

Aldo Fiordelli 96/100

Serra is a small and misunderstood MGA. The reason is possibly due to its dual east and west exposures. Giovanni Rosso manages a plot in the eastern part, which exacerbates the fresh and austere character of these wines. The colour is very pale and bright garnet, the nose restrained and austere. Perky pomegranate fruit is allied to macerated flowers and potpourri, with earthy tones in depth.

Full of curiosity on the palate, this 2018 shows chewy tannins, extracted and muscular yet ripe, with almost zesty high acidity, which is perfectly woven with a dried cherry on the finish. An austere wine, definitely not for Barolo beginners. It should be intended for the long haul due to the freshness of the fruit and the stern structure. Great.

Drink 2023 - 2040

Aldo Fiordelli, Decanter.com (Jan 2022)