Marco MarengoBarolo Brunate Riserva 2012

Product code: 10708
£58.60 inc VAT
Italy
Red Wine from
Piedmont, Italy
Country
Country: Italy
Region
Region: Piedmont
Sub-Region
Sub-Region: Barolo
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Marco Marengo
Alcohol
Alcohol: 14%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Grape
Grape: Nebbiolo
Grape: 100% Nebbiolo
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Country
Country: Italy
Region
Region: Piedmont
Sub-Region
Sub-Region: Barolo
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Marco Marengo
Alcohol
Alcohol: 14%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Grape
Grape: Nebbiolo
Grape: 100% Nebbiolo

Product Notes

Marco Marengo Barolo Brunate Riserva is an exceptional Italian wine that is made from 100% Nebbiolo grapes. This wine is a true representation of the Barolo region with its rich taste, full body, and complex flavor profile. On the nose, it exhibits a bouquet of rose petals, wild berries, cacao, and vanilla, which is further enhanced on the palate with flavors of black cherry, black tea, leather, and truffle. The tannins are firm yet elegant, creating a long-lasting finish with persistent flavors. It has a deep ruby color and is best paired with hearty Italian dishes such as osso buco, risotto, and grilled meat. Overall, Marco Marengo Barolo Brunate Riserva is a remarkable wine that is rich in both taste and history.

Tasting Notes

Dense, powerful but smooth. Mouthfilling dark hedgerow fruit. Voluptuous long and suave. Rich but with enough acidity to keep you going back for more. Notes of bramble, cinnamon, earth, kirsch and mocha

About the Winery

Marco Marengo

The Marco Marengo estate was a Marengo family establishment in 1899. The current owner is Marco Marengo, who handles its management with jenny and Stefano, his wife and son; Stefano is a wine technician. The estate vineyards lie on 6 hectares of land. In le Brunate, the estate has 1.2 hectares and another hectare in Bricco delle Viole. Both vineyards have been with the family for 5 generations. In 1974 the first le brunate was bottled. Barolo Bricco Viole had the first Vintage bottled in 1997. Marco is an extraordinary winemaker, and he started in La Morra town in a small cellar. A new cellar was later established, and the first Vintage was vinified in 2011. 

One of the philosophies that Marco uses as a guide is respecting whatever he gets from his vineyards. He values working in the vines more than working in his cellar. Marco uses natural agricultural practices. This includes grass cover on aisles, hand tending the vineyards except for topping, and using cover and sulphur base products only when spraying. He has vineyards on a Barbera d'Alba, a Dolcetto d'Alba, a Nebbiolo d'Alba, and La Morra from where he makes Barolo base aged in French oak for 10 months. He also makes Barolo Riserva. Marco and Jenny are passionate about wine, and their son is now part of the team, and together, they aim to make the best wine. The wine made yearly is about 35000 bottles spread over the different types of wines. 

Marco Marengo makes use of modern techniques to make wine. This is to say that the wine is aged in small Barrique or steel tanks. The maceration and fermentation processes take 5-6 days, after which small oak casks are used to age it. The only wine not passed through wood is Dolcetto. Caravaggio's vineyard was initially the property of Jenny's family. This area has been expanded now. 

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