Stroppiana - Barolo 'San Giacomo - 50th Anniversary' 2017 (750ml)

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Price: $74.95

In Mixed Case: $67.46

Producer	Stroppiana
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Subregion	Barolo
Varietal	Nebbiolo
Vintage	2017
Sku	82284
Size	750ml

We love this wine. 2017 was a challenging vintage with extreme weather events causing the loss of about half the fruit at flowering, followed by drought for most of the summer. In the end though, the grapes that survived produced a wine that is intense and powerful. This smells like old-school Barolo right off the bat. The nose is about fruit and flowers so much as it is about leather and tobacco and woodsy aromas. It's got quite a grip on the palate: an Iron fist in a velvet glove of sophisticated, masculine, muscular nebbiolo.

It really benefits from 1-2 hours of decanting, after which it gives up a boquet of flowers and some deep dark black fruit. Stunning.

BOUQUET: intense with a pleasant scent of brushwood interspersed with tobacco and spicy notes and characterised by considerable elegance and composure.

TASTE: dry, warm and velvety with an intense impact which is full and harmonious, with just the right level of tannins. Enveloping and persistent, culminating in a very pleasant aftertaste.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: game, red meat, meat braised in the same wine, mature cheese.

Stroppiana Description

Our winery is situated in a small hamlet within the municipality of La Morra, Rivalta. This is where the 18th century church of San Giacomo once stood, and one of our three Barolo is named after the Saint. We cultivate a total of approximately 5.5 hectares of land, some of which is in the municipalities of Verduno and Monforte, part estate owned and the rest under rental agreements.

Notes from Stefania, the Mother - "I work alongside my husband. I come from a family of farmers and I too began accumulating my wealth of experience when I was just a little girl, having always helped my parents. After spending several years working as a nurse, thanks to which I met my husband, I decided to dedicate all my time to working with him in order to help consolidate and develop the Stroppiana estate. I was born in Monforte and this gave Dario the opportunity to produce Barolo in the Bussia cru, which is famous among those with a knowledge of Barolo. I’ll always be left wondering whether it was me or my vineyards that Dario fell in love with first?!" -- Stefania, the Mother

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Nebbiolo
SOIL COMPOSITION: mixed consistency, tending towards clay
VINEYARDS: locality of S.Giacomo, Rivalta di La Morra
ALTITUDE: 400 m above sea level
YEAR PLANTED: 1962

WINEMAKING PROCESS: The grapes are harvested in the middle of October. The must ferments on skins for 10/15 days at a controlled temperature no higher than 30°C and is pumped over at least 4/6 times a day.

AGEING: upon completion of fermentation the wine is transferred to barriques where it ages for 12 months before being blended in a 20/25 hectolitre French oak barrel, where it spends another 12 months. It is bottled in the August of the third year after harvesting and continues to age for a further 10-12 months in the cellar prior to release for sale.

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.5% vol.

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