her rarest release! we could only get 6 bottles.
At the very top of Serradenari, Marassio is the highest point in all of Barolo. Unusual for La Morra, the soil here is rich in limestone with veins of chalk, giving Giulia’s most dense, profound, earth- and mineral-driven Barolo—a masterpiece to revisit in five, ten, or twenty years.
96 pts James Suckling
"Aromatic with blackberries, flowers and perfumes. Some lavender. Full-bodied with very fine tannins that are like cashmere in texture. Bright finish. Lightly salty with crushed stone. Reserved. Complex. Best after 2028"
"Marassio" is the best section of Giulia's Serradenari estate, only .8 hectares, planted in 2004 and 2006, west facing, 536 meters,
region: Piedmont, Italy
varietal: Nebbiolo
style: ageworthy red
farming/cellar: certified organic, hand picked, Spontaneous fermentation (with some 40 days of maceration) in 60-HL truncated cone-shaped wooden vats. 30 months in 25-HL Slavonian oak barrels.
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