Virna – Barolo Sarmassa – 2017

The Sarmassa vineyard, from where Virna produces about 3000 bottles of Barolo, comes from the town of Barolo. This vineyard can be divided into different ridges according to the exposure and how much heat the plants enjoy, giving the wines different characteristics and structure. With medium texture soils rich in clay and sand, the vineyard is located in south-west, a slightly warmer exposure where wines here tend to have more body. The yields in the vineyard are very low, about 50/60 quintals per hectare, just to enhance the pulp and the quality of the wine. The wine has been aged in tonneaux and large casks for 18 months, the minimum required by the disciplinary, plus some months in steel tanks and subsequently in bottle. Virna prefers to moderate the use of wood barrels in order to exalt more the real fruit and the composition of the soil, but above all to give a nice drinkability to the wine, without giving too dry or bitter tannins. Balsamic aromas, mint, licorice and violets, round, fresh, great minerality in the mouth. Wine of great character.

• Producer: Virna Borgogno
• Name: Barolo Sarmassa
• Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
• Vintage: 2017
• Alcohol Content: 14,5%
• Bottle Size: 750ml
• Production: 4000 bottles

Productive Notes: fermentation in steel tanks. Aging for 18 months in large wooden barrels and tonneaux, plus one year in steel tanks and 2 years in bottle.

Wine naturally contains solphites