VoerzioMartini La Serra Barolo 2016
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Intense ruby red with notes of ripe red fruits, fresh strawberry jam and wild blackberries on the nose. Full, smooth, and almost opulent in its power. Rich but with right tannic balance and large sweet persistence.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
From a vineyard site in La Morra, the Voerzio Martini 2016 Barolo La Serra shows soft and silky renderings with delicate fruit and berry tones that move smoothly over to tar, white licorice and tarry road paving. This wine shows a classic set of Nebbiolo aromas, all backed by the more graceful tannic structure that often comes with wines from La Morra. These qualities put the wine in a solid medium-term drinking window...
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Saturated with ripe cherry, plum and raspberry fruit, this red is round and rich. A moderate grain of tannins is well integrated, leaving a dusty feel on the long, fresh finish. Best from 2022 through 2039.
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The winery is located in La Morra. Federika handles the operational side of the business while Mirko is the head winemaker, with guidance and mentoring from Gianni. Mirko’s approach is a more traditional style—lots of concentration, less new oak and larger barrels for aging.
Responsible for some of the most elegant and age-worthy wines in the world, Nebbiolo, named for the ubiquitous autumnal fog (called nebbia in Italian), is the star variety of northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Grown throughout the area, as well as in the neighboring Valle d’Aosta and Valtellina, it reaches its highest potential in the Piedmontese villages of Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero. Outside of Italy, growers are still very much in the experimentation stage but some success has been achieved in parts of California. Somm Secret—If you’re new to Nebbiolo, start with a charming, wallet-friendly, early-drinking Langhe Nebbiolo or Nebbiolo d'Alba.
The center of the production of the world’s most exclusive and age-worthy red wines made from Nebbiolo, the Barolo wine region includes five core townships: La Morra, Monforte d’Alba, Serralunga d’Alba, Castiglione Falletto and the Barolo village itself, as well as a few outlying villages. The landscape of Barolo, characterized by prominent and castle-topped hills, is full of history and romance centered on the Nebbiolo grape. Its wines, with the signature “tar and roses” aromas, have a deceptively light garnet color but full presence on the palate and plenty of tannins and acidity. In a well-made Barolo wine, one can expect to find complexity and good evolution with notes of, for example, strawberry, cherry, plum, leather, truffle, anise, fresh and dried herbs, tobacco and violets.
There are two predominant soil types here, which distinguish Barolo from the lesser surrounding areas. Compact and fertile Tortonian sandy marls define the vineyards farthest west and at higher elevations. Typically the Barolo wines coming from this side, from La Morra and Barolo, can be approachable relatively early on in their evolution and represent the “feminine” side of Barolo, often closer in style to Barbaresco with elegant perfume and fresh fruit.
On the eastern side of the Barolo wine region, Helvetian soils of compressed sandstone and chalks are less fertile, producing wines with intense body, power and structured tannins. This more “masculine” style comes from Monforte d’Alba and Serralunga d’Alba. The township of Castiglione Falletto covers a spine with both soil types.
The best Barolo wines need 10-15 years before they are ready to drink, and can further age for several decades.