Wines / Barolo Bricco Pernice DOCG

The Elvio Cogno tradition

Area: 2 hectares
Grape varietal: lampia, sub-variety of nebbiolo
Density: 5,000 vines per hectare
Cultivation: vertical trellised, Guyot pruning
Altitude: 300 m above sea level
Harvest period: October
Bottles produced: 9,000
Vinification: in stainless steel, temperature-controlled, automatic pump-over, post-fermentation maceration for 30 days with submerged cap
Ageing: 24 months in large Slovenian oak barrels of 25-30 hl
Ageing over lees: 90 days
Bottle ageing: 12 months

Sensory profile

Ruby to garnet red in colour. Intense notes of violet accompanied by a hint of damp soil, ripe red fruit and subtle spiciness. Harmonious and well structured on the palate with incisive yet fine, soft tannins. Already elegant and alluring when young, its silkiness and, above all, its complexity allow it to age as only great wines know how.
Serving temperature: 19° C.

Notes

Barolo Bricco Pernice, named after a rock on which courting partridges build their nests, is the very latest wine from Cogno. The fruit of years and years of hard work, it is a desire that has come true. A project — a wine from the finest vineyard in Novello, in the most historic part of the Ravera cru, where the exceptional microclimate makes for superb Barolo — dreamt of by Elvio and achieved by Valter. Barolo Bricco Pernice is the latest chapter in a story — Elvio Cogno’s — that began in La Morra. An expression of all the technical and stylistic precepts of the maestro himself, it fully deserves its place in the ‘Riserva di Elvio’. A peculiar characteristic of Barolo Bricco Pernice is its enveloping softness, capable at once of revealing all the allure and potency of Bricco Ravera. The graphics on the Bricco Pernice label show the artistic growth of Elvio’s granddaughter Elena, who presents the wine today with the same label as Vigna Elena, the Barolo named after her when she was three.