Marengo Barolo Brunate Riserva 2016 1.5Ltr

The M. Marengo 2016 Barolo Riserva Brunate is released in a tiny production of just 700 bottles. From an iconic vintage, the wine is beautifully balanced and intense with wild berry aromas that segue gently to spice, tarry smoke and powdered licorice. This vintage really shows the incredible depth and detail that the Nebbiolo grape is capable of rendering, especially in deft hands such as these. This is one for your cellar.

• Country: Italy
• Region: Piedmont
• Appellation: Barolo
• Size: 1.5Ltr
• Color: Red

Varietal

Nebbiolo

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy’s finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means ‘fog’ in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.