Voerzio Roberto – Barolo DOCG Rocche dell’Annunziata Torriglione 2009
€290.00
Roberto Voerzio was able to catch the attention of international critics thanks to his choices in the vineyards and in the cellar, in spite of the very young history of his winery.
The winery was founded around 1986, in La Morra, in the hype of the mediatic communication of “traditionalist versus modernist” Barolo producers. But Voerzio’s approach is independent and very confident since the beginning: the aim is that of producing only excellent quality wines, with great care in the vineyards management and minimal impact in the cellar. In the vineyards, he immediately introduced the green harvest, a not-so famous technique at that time, with very low yealds, even for Barolo area’s benchmarks. In the cellar, he pursues a minimal intervention: the result should always be that of showing the fruit’s excellent potential, even if this means sacrifiying some production in less convincing vintages, even after the whole cellar aging.
Rocche dell’Annunziata is with no doubt one of the most renowned “crus” of La Morra. The name appears for the first time during the Middle Age, already connected to viticulture.
The soils are geologically young, characterized by Sant’Agata Marl, sand and calcareous component, with a peculiarly high percentage (research of Gribaudo, Turin) of silt: an element that makes it similar with Cannubi Boschis terroir.
Rocche dell’Annunziata is a very coveted subzone, that already counts some of the most renowned producers of the area: not only Roberto Voerzio, but as well Accomasso, Erbaluna, Bartolo Mascarello, Paolo Scavino, Renato Ratti, Trediberri, Andrea Oberto, Fratelli Revello and many others.
The wines coming from these vineyards, quoting Alessandro Masnagetti are “synonymous with, elegance, which results in less body but more complexity in the nose and in the structure. Its elegance is, however, more concrete and less ethereal” making it a perfect wine for long aging.
The 2009 Roberto Voerzio’s version is particularly exuberant at the nose, with fruits and spices, while in the mouth it is round and sensual, with ripe fruit and sweet spices.
To pair with game or grilled red meat.
Best served at 18-20 °C.
Suggestion to open it 1-2 hours prior to serving.
Green harvest with very low yealds. As fertilizer, they use animal or vegetal organic products only.
Spontaneous fermentation without addition of yeasts.
This wine undergoes a wood passage of 24 months in old barrels, both small and big ones. Bottled without filtering.
