$212.00
A multifaceted chameleon! Fragrant wild berry fruit, sour cherries, raspberries, potpourri and rose petals, mahogany, tar, and a hint of vanilla. The wine has plenty of tannins, but they’re barely the size of powdered sugar. These are discoveries of this kind that—even if you’re always on the lookout for the best wines—occur only a few times a year.
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Scarzello Giorgio e Figli is a small gem of an estate housed right in the middle of Barolo. Federico and his father, Giorgio, took the bold decision to make a wholesale replanting in the late nineties. In 2001 Federico – after completing his studies in winemaking and agriculture at the Scuola Enologica (School of Enology) in Alba and the University of Turin – took over sole running of the estate and set about taking it to the next level, adjusting certain aspects of the winemaking whilst remaining greatly respectful to the family’s traditional ways.
Today the winery has five and a half hectares planted to Nebbiolo, including 2.5 hectares devoted to the production of Barolo, 2 hectares in the famed Sarmassa cru of Barolo, and another half hectare in Terlo and Paiagallo, both highly coveted sites.
Federico uses spontaneous fermentation, traditional long maceration and large cask aging (he even has a few from Stockinger) — the hallmarks of traditional-style Barolo — to make these elegant and long-lived wines. The estate’s top label, the Barolo Sarmassa Vigna Merenda, can spend up to 30 months in 25-30 hectoliter Slavonian cask
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