Roagna

Barolo, Pira, Vecchie Viti, 2014

Name: Barolo, Pira, Vecchie Viti
Brand: Roagna
Price: 1069.22 GBP

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Picked two weeks prior to the regular Pira. 2500 bottles were made. Some grip and velvet here. A powerful tannic structure with deep dark fruit at its core. Intense, tight-wound and muscular. This has quite body and concentration, as you'd expect from vines aged between 80-110 years old. This will require some time in bottle to soften and gradually unveil its full potential. The youngest vines here were planted in 1937. The other difference is the even longer and slower fermentation than the regular Pira. 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. Vinified for 60 days on the skins before ageing for 5 years in large used wooden tanks.

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Critic Reviews

92/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The 2014 Barolo Pira Vecchie Viti is quite delicate and understated for this wine, which also means it will drink well with minimal cellaring. Macerated dark cherry, menthol, licorice, pine, spice, sweet tobacco and leather all develop in the glass. Next to the straight Pira, the Vecchie Vigne has an extra kick of mid-palate sweetness and richness that is quite attractive. For a young Roagna Barolo, the 2014 is very enticing and also accessible.

drinking window 2022 - 2034

date of review 11/2019

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2014 Vintage

If ever a case was to be made for the unjustly- maligned 2014 Piedmont vintage then Luca Roagna QC would be the man to make it! Our own clear verdict, after tasting his whole range, both Barolos and Barbarescos, is that 2014 is an excellent vintage here. Admittedly cool years such as this don’t always come with consistency and involve a lot of hard work to achieve the desired results, but within Luca's range lies proof that with excellent terroir and dedicated, thoughtful vine-growing it was possible to yield first rate wine in 2014.

Luca is known for his late harvesting. This was particularly vital in 2014. He ran the risk of losing crop by waiting for full berry, skin and seed ripeness, thus ensuring the completeness of the wines and roundness of their tannins. A calculated decision by which Luca has been entirely vindicated. For this long, cool ripening season has resulted in accomplished wines of texture, finesse and clear vineyard expression.

There was de-selection of unripe fruit required on some individual vines, but the health of the bunches was uniformly good all the way through harvest - there was "not a spot of rot" according to Luca. This triage was necessary on the younger vines and has resulted in a loss of volume of 20%. Older vine production was more stable. Fruit was picked at around 13.9 to 14 degrees of potential alcohol, relatively low by modern Piemontese standards, with good concentration and flavour ripeness. After 60 days of long, gentle maceration on the skins and 5 years ageing in large used wooden tanks, the wines were bottled at the end of August 2019.

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