Elvio Cogno - Barolo Cru Ravera - Novello - 2020 - DOCG

Beloved Cru Ravera Barolo from Cogno from Novello from the 2020 vintage

Brilliant garnet red in colour with orange highlights. Firm, elegant and powerful on the nose, with scents of rose, mint and tobacco, spices, coffee, liquorice, truffle, leather and minerals. In the mouth the wine is full, with a nice round bouquet and a great structure and balance, smelling of plum jam and wilted blackberries. The persistent chocolatey aftertaste is harmonious and seductive. Over the years the wine gradually refines to finally reach its characteristics of classic elegance and depth.

The Ravera vineyard is located at an altitude of 380 meters near the town of Novello. The vineyard is 2.5 hectares in size and planted with 4,000 vines per hectare.

The grapes are picked by hand in late September, early October and carefully selected for quality. After picking, the grapes are gently pressed and undergo fermentation in large steel vats, in which the must is regularly pumped around. The wine matures for a period of 24 months in large Slavonian oak barrels of 25-30 HL. After this, the wine is bottled. The wine refines in the bottle for at least 6 months before it is marketed.

Barolo Cru Ravera - Elvio Cogno wine / food pairing Meat dishes such as braised and roasted beef, game, old cheeses, or why not? From starter to the last course?

About Elvio Cogno:
Following in the footsteps of founder Elvio Cogno, Nadia Cogno and Valter Fissore today lead the winery with four generations of winemakers and viticulturists, dedicated to making from the unique terroir excellent wines, renowned all over the world for their elegance, texture and balance. Their winemaking methods include long, spontaneous fermentation, slow and never excessive extraction, a judicious use of immersion of the must, large barrels and the silence - mysterious and expectant - of ageing.

95/100 Robert Parker

The Elvio Cogno 2020 Barolo Ravera is a plush and fleshed-out expression with dark fruit, dried cherry, plum, sweet iris root, earth, toast and dark spice. The wine is quite firm, and there is a nice sense of richness that covers the palate. This wine sees fruit from across the estate's 2.5-hectare MGA site

95/100 points James Suckling

Crushed stones, raspberries, licorice and allspice on the nose. It's vibrant, tight and mineral with a medium to full body and firm, tight and steely tannins. Let it unravel. Try after 2028.