Peter Maude Fine Wines
2022, Giovanni Rosso, Barolo Cerretta
$110.40 inc. GST
Cerretta, Serralunga d’Alba
100% Nebbiolo.
The grapes are harvested by hand in October. After de- stemming and soft crushing, the juice is fermented in contact with the skins in a concrete tank for about 25 days, with daily pump-overs and one délestage at half way point. Aging from 18 to 36 months, depending on the vintage in 25 and 50 hl French oak barrels. Violet, withered rose, ripe cherry and white pepper, enchanting complexity.Powerful and yet soft. Solid body, wrapping tannins, silky and precise finish.
Domaine notes.
Liquorice, anis, raspberry, rose petals, creamy through the mid palate as the architecture widens and softens. Excellent quality. Good ageing potential. There is a delicacy and mineralty underpinned by grip and tension. Andrea Deliano as winemaker and Davide Rosso director. 2.5ha,
95 Jane Anson.
The Giovanni Rosso 2022 Barolo Cerretta shows a little more fruit weight and texture than the Serra, opening to dark notes of blackcurrant and black cherry followed by spice, cedar, nutmeg and hints of red liquorice. Sourced from a two-hectare vineyard with a mosaic of Lequio limestone and Sant'Agata Fossili Marl soils, the wine offers a slightly bolder expression of Serralunga d'Alba with a velvety, approachable personality. 2026-2038.
93 Monica Larner, Wine Advocate.