Barolo, Pira, Vecchie Viti
    Roagna

    Barolo, Pira, Vecchie Viti, 2011

    94/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2011

      6x75cl

      DP

      £1,101.53

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Richer & more sensual than the regular Barolo Pira, significantly deeper too. Bursting with cherry, fruit liqueur and wild strawberry characteristics. Succulent, engaging and voluptuous yet with an underlying sense that a lot more is to come. The Vecchie Viti stems from the oldest vines in Pira higher up the escarpment, just below the castle walls. The youngest vines here were planted in 1937. The other difference is the even longer and slower fermentation than the regular Pira. The Vecchie Viti spends between 80-90 days on the skins compared to 50-60. Facing Serralunga, a south east exposure, Pira is the lower part of the famous Rocche di Castiglione cru and is a monopole of the Roagna family. The soils here are a complex mixture of sand, clay limestone and blue marl.

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    Critic Reviews

    94/100
    Antonio Galloni,
    Vinous
    The 2011 Barolo Pira Vecchie Viti is deep, powerful and inviting, even with all of its forbidding tannin. In this vintage, the two Barolos are quite different. The straight Pira is quite delicate, while the Vecchie Viti is all muscle, brawn and old-style classicism. Dark stone fruit, graphite, smoke, licorice, sage, menthol and dark spices shape the huge finish. This is an unusual 2011 that needs cellaring.
    drinking window 2021 - 2036
    date of review 11/2016

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    2011 Vintage

    An extraordinary follow-up to the great 2010 vintage, the 2011s are a resounding endorsement of the young Luca Roagna and his management of this eponymous Barbaresco and Barolo estate. Even in the warm, relatively short season that characterised 2011, Luca managed to lengthen ripening and pick late by keeping the bunches well-covered by the vines’ protective canopies. The results are wines of pristine fruit, unscathed by the sun-burning effects of mid-summer, which ooze silky-smooth ripe flavours and offer a sufficient twist of freshness to keep you wanting more. A very successful vintage here indeed and a measure of how great this estate has become.

    Specifications

    Country:
    Italy
    Region:
    Piedmont
    Appellation:
    Barolo
    Producer:
    Roagna
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Nebbiolo
    abv:
    13.5%

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