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A founder of the Barolo style, Marchesi di Barolo remains a family estate representing the great wine traditions of Piedmont, controlling 430 acres of UNESCO World Heritage Vineyards including holdings in the exclusive Barolo crus of Cannubi, Sarmassa, and Coste di Rose.
Sarmassa faces southeast, on a gently sloping hillside. Here, although the surrounding area is geologically from the Tortonian period, the soil, also due to the slope of the soil that caused an abundant washout, has typical characteristics of the soils of the Helvetian period: mainly calcareous-clayey very compact and a percentage of skeleton (stones) - truly remarkable. The high presence of stones, associated with clay, limits the vegetation of the Nebbiolo vine and predisposes the vines to be promptly affected by climatic variations, favouring the perfect ripening of the bunches. Barolo Sarmassa reaches maturity 8 years after the harvest and the maturation plateau is between 8 and 30 years. The wine is therefore very structured, colourful, tannic and long-lived.
With a strong garnet red colour, Sarmassa has an intense aroma with clear hints of scrub rose, vanilla, licorice and spices. The pine resin and the tobacco are blended. Full and elegant taste, with good body, with evident tannins. Pleasant are the spice and the woody note that blend perfectly.
94 Points - Wine Enthusiast
Red berry and rose aromas mix with scents of forest floor and balsamic whiffs of eucalyptus on this fragrant red. Full-bodied and linear, the vibrant palate shows good tension, offering ripe Marasca cherry, pomegranate, licorice and tobacco framed in firm, fine-grained tannins. It will develop even more complexity with aging. Drink 2023-2035.
94 Points - James Suckling
A very plush and attractive Barolo that has an abundance of orange-zest aromas, as well as ripe red cherries and red plums that appear on both the nose and palate. The concentration of fruit flavour is impressive, the tannins sweep long and rich and the depth is undeniable. Drink or hold.
