Some information about the winery of Sergio Germano, who will guide our Wine Tasting Master Class on November 14th: The Germano Ettore estate lies on one of the most important crus of Serralunga dAlba namedCerretta, a hill with a wide winegrowing area facing South, South-West. Germano’s 6.6hectares of vineyards are dedicated to the cultivation of grape varieties such as Chardonnay,Barbera, Dolcetto and Nebbiolo, while a smaller area is reserved to Riesling (owner SergioGermano’s Herzu bottling is considered one of Italy’s very best) and the indigenous white grape Nascetta. Sergio and his wife Elena run the show, from viticulture to winemaking aspects as well as taking care of sales. We are not alone in believing that Sergio’s wines have been steadily improving for the last decade and today we are proud to represent one of the most talented winemakers from Piedmont. Having all of his red vineyards situated within Serralunga, enables Sergio to make characteristically powerful, muscular and intense wines, that are the biggest, richest and most long-lived of all Barolo. Using what may appear to be very modern techniques (stainless steel is much in evidence), the driving force behind the wine making here is actually solid tradition. Fermentation is short, around 12-15 days, in open wooden fermenters and maturation is completed in a variety of barrel sizes (225 litres and upwards) made from up to two year old French oak. The Barolos are mineral, earthy and complex with very finely grained tannins, with touches of cocoa and hints of violet, depending on the vineyard site, and the Germano family is blessed with some of the very best, owning vines in: Lazzarito (a true grand cru), Cerretta, Prapò and now (thanks to an inheritance) even the legendary Vigna Rionda, which many experts consider the single greatest Barolo vineyard of all. The single vineyard Barbera “Vigna della Madre” is produced in the same way as the Barolo but inevitably has brighter, blackberry, and coffee undertones.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:54:44 +0000
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