Elvio Cogno Barolo Ravera 2015
(Wine Advocate Score 94) The 2015 Barolo Ravera shows a deep concentration and dark fruit intensity. This warm-vintage Barolo opens with a ripe and soft bouquet that brings out some nice cherry notes with creamy black fruit at the back. The finish is soft and luscious. There is so much fruity succulence here that the wine should stand up to a gamey dish of liver pâté or pasta with wild boar.
Barolo Ravera is produced with grapes from the historical cru in Novello, a guarantee of fine aromas, sapid flavor and great complexity. The mainly calcareous soil of this old vineyard adds elegance and structure to the wine, making it ideal for ageing. Only a few great wines possess its capacity to develop successfully in the course of time. Austere and severe in its early years, Barolo Ravera loses none of its typicality with the passing of the years; on the contrary, it improves all the time. Careful selection in the vineyard and relatively long fermentation help to heighten the grapes characteristics, which express themselves to the full after ageing in the bottle. A unique testimonial for a prestigious terroir, a wine that takes the typicality of Langhe hills to the top in terms of quality.
Brilliant garnet-red in color with orange highlights. Firm, elegant and potent on the nose, it has scents of dog rose, mint and tobacco, scents which meld in the course of time into spices, coffee, licorice, truffle, leather and minerals. A full-bodied, rounded bouquet of great structure and balance, redolent of plum jam and withered brambles. The persistent chocolaty aftertaste is harmonious and enticing. Over the years it gradually refines its characteristics to achieve classic elegance and composure.
Area: 4.88 hectares
Grape variety: Lampia and Michet, sub-varieties of Nebbiolo
Density: 4,000 vines per hectare
Cultivation: vertical trellised, Guyot pruning
Altitude: 380 m above sea level
Harvest period: October
Bottles produced: 15000
Wine making: in stainless steel, temperature-controlled, automatic pumping-over, post-fermentation maceration for 30 days with submerged cap
Ageing: 24 months in large 25-30 hl Slavonian oak barrels
Lysis: 90 days
Bottle aging: 6 months
| Winery | Cogno |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Specific Appellation | Barolo |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Grape variety | Nebbiolo |
| Bottle Size | Bottle |
| Vintage | 2015 |
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Elvio Cogno is one of the top estate in the Barolo region producing classy and elegant Barolos. The Elvio Cogno winery sits on the top of Bricco Ravera, a hill near Novello in the Langhe of Piedmont (1 of the 11 communes in which Barolo is produced). The cellar is housed in an 18th century manor farm surrounded by 11 hectares of land, all occupied by vineyards. The Cogno family has been making wine in the Langhe area for four generations: the values of history and tradition handed down by father Elvio are enhanced by the freshness and innovation introduced by his daughter Nadia and her husband Valter Fissore.
