Description

Clear garnet red color with delicate orange highlights. It is ethereal, pleasant, intense and persistent, delicatelya0spicy with hints of florals and cooked fruit.a0The flavor is dry, full, robust, charming, with soft tannins anda0nice freshness. In Slavonian oak casks and French oak tonneaux for aa0minimum of twelve months and thereafter for a furthera0twelve in stainless steel tanks. After this period the wine isa0bottled, where it will continue its refinement. Stripping and fermentation with maceration on the skins fora010-12 days in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature,a0with periodic replacements. Recommended in combination with dishes of white and reda0meats, game birds, roasts and ripe cheeses.

Producer Description

There is a swath of land in Northern Italy where the warm sun and rich soils yield the legendary grapes behind the world's finest wines. It is here, with an expanse of vineyards surrounding the wine-growing villages of Langhe, where Beni di Batasiolo produces the most celebrated wines in the Piedmont region. Since 1882, the Dogliani family has been making wine under the Beni di Batasiolo label. Those nearly 140 years of expertise are evident in the perfection of the winery's most famous and award-winning masterpiece: the Barolo Briccolin.Though production has been modernized over the years with state-of-the-art mechanical equipment, Beni di Batasiolo still leaves the more critical facets of winemaking - such as pruning, tying up, thinning out and harvesting the grapes - to artisans. The cellar boasts 5 cru of Barolo: Briccolina, Boscareto, Brunate, Bussia and Cerequio, and ages its wines in French oak barrels stored in an environment created specifically for aging in wood. It is this respect for the details of winemaking that has rendered Beni di Batasiolo one of the world's most admired vintners. Try a bottle and join the legions of Beni di Basiolo aficionados.