Purchased in 1980, the Falletto estate is comprised of 13 hectares (32acres) in the commune of Serralunga d’Alba. Considered by Bruno Giacosa as the best area for producing elegant and long-lived Barolos, the Falletto vineyard is southwest facing on steep slopes of calcareaous clay soils in an amphitheater shape. The Falletto wines are austere, elegant and complex on the nose, with excellent structure and suave tannins.
Grape Variety: Nebbiolo
Vineyard: Falletto (village of Serralunga d’Alba)
Exposure: Southwest
Yield: 45 hL/ha
Age of Vines: 25-29 years old
Harvest Date: October 16, 2019
Fermentation and Maceration: 25 days in stainless steel vats
Malolactic Fermentation: completely developed
Refinement: 32 months in French oak + 6 months in bottle
Bottling: August 2022
Alcohol: 14.5% vol.
Total Acidity: 5.60 g/L
pH: 3.60
Total Extract: 29.5 g/L
Sensory Analysis: Red garnet in color. Showcasing elegant and fine aromas of fresh plum, cherry and spice notes, the wine is dense and structured with great freshness on the palate and well-balanced tannins.
Folio Wine
"With the white label, the 2019 Barolo Falletto Vigna Le Rocche is a generous and expansive wine that hits the palate from all sides. It offers lingering sensations of sweet fruit with a good amount of intensity and muscle power pushing from behind. That forward momentum is fueled by dark fruit, rusty earth, wet clay and blood orange. It shows elegance, substance and finely tuned tones with considerable tension and tightness. This is another bottle to rest at the back of your cellar."
Robert Parker - 96+p
"Lovely aromas of strawberries, plums, and berries. Bark and mushrooms. Complex and aromatic. Medium to full body with super fine tannins that are supple and gorgeous. Lovely length. So attractive now. Leave it for four or five years. Better after 2027." James Suckling - 98p
