Barolo Ravera Bricco Pernice, Elvio Cogno

BAROLO RAVERA BRICCO PERNICE

D.O.C.G.

The Elvio Cogno tradition

Area

2 hectares

Grape varietal

lampia, sub-variety of nebbiolo

Density

5,000 vines per hectare

Cultivation

vertical trellised, Guyot pruning

Altitude

320 m above sea level

Harvest period

October

Bottles produced

5,000

Vinification

in stainless steel, temperature-controlled, automatic pump-over, post-fermentation maceration for 30 days with submerged cap

Ageing

24 months in large Slovenian oak barrels of 25-30 hl

Lysis

90 days

Bottle ageing

18 months

Sensory profile

Ruby to garnet red in colour. Intense notes of violet accompanied by a hint of damp soil, ripe red fruit and subtle spiciness. Harmonious and well structured on the palate with incisive yet fine, soft tannins. Already elegant and alluring when young, its silkiness and, above all, its complexity allow it to age as only great wines know how

Serving temperature

19° C

Notes

Barolo Bricco Pernice, named after a rock on which courting partridges build their nests, is the very latest wine from Cogno. The fruit of years and years of hard work, it is a desire that has come true. A project — a wine from the finest vineyard in Novello, in the most historic part of the Ravera cru, where the exceptional microclimate makes for superb Barolo — dreamt of by Elvio and achieved by Valter. Barolo Bricco Pernice is the latest chapter in a story — Elvio Cogno’s — that began in La Morra. An expression of all the technical and stylistic precepts of the maestro himself, it fully deserves its place in the ‘Riserva di Elvio’. A peculiar characteristic of Barolo Bricco Pernice is its enveloping softness, capable at once of revealing all the allure and potency of Bricco Ravera. The graphics on the Bricco Pernice label show the artistic growth of Elvio’s granddaughter Elena, who presents the wine today with the same label as Vigna Elena, the Barolo named after her when she was three