Conterno Giacomo – Barolo DOCG Cerretta 2011
€210.00
2 in stock
| YEAR | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Producer | Conterno Giacomo |
| APPELLATION | Barolo DOCG Cerretta |
| Grape variety | |
| COUNTRY | Italy |
| REGION | Piedmont |
| Format | 0,75 lt |
| ALCOHOL CONTENT | 15.00% |
| Drinking Window | |
| Green | Sustainable |
The fortune of Giacomo Conterno is undoubtedly linked to the people who followed one another at the helm of the winery: a series of figures of great personality, characterized by a continuous search for quality and for the enhancement of a unique wine and territory, that is, the Langhe of Barolo.
The Conterno family returned to Italy at the beginning of the 20th century, after emigrating to Argentina in the 19th century. Giovanni Conterno, back in Monforte d’Alba in the family business, decides to bottle the Barolo, traditionally sold in demijohns, creating the “Barolo Extra”: a selection voted to last over time, which also allowed export on the Argentina market, to some cousin there. From that moment on, the company became the spokesperson of the philosophy of bottling and labeling one’s own wine.
From 1924, the wine took the name of ” Monfortino ” as the wine of the house, in Monforte, starting a tradition that would soon become a legend.
Today, the company is led by Giacomo’s son, Roberto, who carries on the family philosophy: traditional cultivation and vinification with great attention, with the awareness that it is the vineyard and the grape making the wine, while the producer’s ability is to allow it to express itself at its best with care and attention to all production processes.
In 2008, Roberto decides to buy the cru Cerretta, in Serralunga d’Alba, with a soil rich in Marne di Sant’Agata perfect for the production of Barolo. For this reason, the cru immediately attracted the interest of collectors, especially in a vintage, such as 2011, characterized by ample and generous wines
Concentrated and structured, with aromas of dark fruits, leather and tobacco and hints of damp stone and minerality.
Intense, with a vertical structure and a fruity and mineral finish.
Excellent with hard cheeses or a chop of grilled meat
It can be served slightly more chilled, at about 17-18°C or at 19-20°C for a touch of warmth and softness.
Suggestion to open it about 1 to 2 hours before serving it. And let it breath in the glass as well.
Traditional viticulture, integrated farming, manual harvest.
Long maceration for 3-4 weeks at controlled temperature. Aging in Slavonian oak for a total of 4 years.
