In the glass
Aroma: wild rose, vanilla, licorice, spice, pine resin, tobacco
Palate: full, spice, oak
From the Sarmassa cru in Barolo, an intense Barolo of wild rose, vanilla, licorice and spice with pine resin and tobacco, full and elegant with prominent tannin.
What it pairs with
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Brasato al Barolo
The braise meets the cru's prominent tannin. -
Wild boar ragu
Gamey ragu finds a peer in the licorice and spice. -
Aged Castelmagno
Salt sharpens the wild-rose lift.
History
Sarmassa is a steep cru in the Barolo commune from which Marchesi di Barolo makes a structured, spicy Barolo.
- 1960 — Marchesi di Barolo develops its Sarmassa cru Barolo
Facts
- Producer
- Marchesi di Barolo
- Grapes
- Nebbiolo (100%)
- Classification
- Barolo DOCG
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 70 to 130 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10 to 35 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1960