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2003 Barolo Marenca

Wine Details
Producer
Place of Origin

Serralunga D'alba

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Nebbiolo

Vintages
20162015201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032001200019991998199719961995
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2015 - 2023

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Giampaolo Pira's style favors rich, super concentrated expressions of Nebbiolo. In 2003 that could have been a recipe for over the top wines, except that Pira is based in Serralunga and therefore had the benefit of working with some of the sites that were among the most favored in th is vintage. The only exception is h is Vigna Rionda, which is made from a parcel he replanted just a few years ago, and where the vines clearly struggled. Pira favors a mix of small and medium size French oak barrels along with medium-size casks for most of h is wines, and keeps the percentage of new oak between 20-25%. Only the Vigna Rionda is aged exclusively in small new French oak barrels.