Barolo - Riserva - Pernanno - Sobrero

Sobrero's Barolo DOCG Riserva Pernanno is one of the wines most representative of Piedmontese tradition in Emporio Divino's selection. Sobrero is a historic wine-growing family from Castiglione Falletto - one of the most suitable and prestigious municipalities in the entire Barolo appellation - which for generations has interpreted Nebbiolo in a rigorously traditional style, far removed from the modernist fashions and trends that have swept through the Langhe in recent decades.

Pernanno is one of the most highly regarded MGAs (Additional Geographical Mentions) in Castiglione Falletto: a vineyard on Helvetian soils - compact calcareous-clayey marls - that gives Nebbiolo imposing tannic structure, extraordinary aromatic depth, and exceptional longevity. The Riserva version undergoes even longer ageing than the basic Barolo - at least 62 months between wood and bottle according to regulations - in large Slavonian oak casks that lend the wine structure and gradual oxygenation without covering its varietal aromas.

On the nose, it is grand and constantly evolving in the glass: dried rose, tar, spirit-soaked red fruit, pipe tobacco, leather, violet, sweet spices, and a mineral undertone of chalk and flint that is the unmistakable hallmark of the great Barolos of Castiglione Falletto. On the palate, it is austere and vertical when young - this is a wine that requires at least 10-15 years from the vintage to express itself fully - with powerful tannins already well polished by prolonged ageing, vibrant acidity that ensures exceptional longevity, and an endless finish with notes of liquorice, tobacco, and Langa earth.

A Barolo Riserva for true enthusiasts, to buy today and open in a few years.