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

95/100 Cru Ravera, coming from the highest Novello vines

Ruby red wine with garnet reflections. The nose reveals ripe red fruit with subtle spice. On the palate, the wine is harmonious, well-structured, powerful, complex, and beautifully balanced, with an exceptionally long finish accompanied by velvety tannins. Even when young, the wine is elegant and appealing, but its silky smoothness and, above all, its complexity allow it to age as only great wines can.

Barolo Ravera Bricco Pernice, named after a small hill where partridges build their nests, is Elvio Cogno's latest wine. The result of years of hard work, this wine comes from a beautiful vineyard in Novello, in the most historic part of the Ravera cru, where the exceptional microclimate produces exquisite Barolo. The vineyard is located at an altitude of 320 meters near the town of Novello. The vineyard covers one hectare and is planted with 5,000 vines per hectare.

The grapes are hand-harvested in late September and early October and carefully selected for quality. After harvesting, the grapes are gently pressed and fermented in large steel vats, where the must is regularly circulated. The wine is aged for 36 months in large 25-30 hectoliter Slovenian oak barrels. The wine is then bottled. After bottling, the wine refines for at least another 18 months in the estate's cellars.

About Elvio Cogno:
Following in the footsteps of founder Elvio Cogno, Nadia Cogno and Valter Fissore now lead the winery with four generations of winemakers and viticulturists, dedicated to crafting exquisite wines from the unique terroir, renowned worldwide for their elegance, texture, and balance. Their winemaking methods include long, spontaneous fermentation, slow, never excessive extraction, judicious use of must immersion, large barrels, and the silence—mysterious and expectant—of aging.

95/100 points Robert Parker

This wine comes from a two-hectare site within the greater Ravera MGA and sees one more year of aging, for a total of 36 months in large Slavonian casks. The Elvio Cogno 2020 Barolo Ravera Bricco Pernice (with only 6,000 bottles made) is very determined and focused. You get blue and purple fruits, hard plum and spicy shadings of nutmeg and sweet earth. This vintage remains softly textured but intense overall.

94/100 points James Suckling

A profusion of floral, mineral and bitter-herb aromas precede taut red cherry and pomegranate flavors in this tightly wound, nervous and assertive wine. Tight around the edges now, it has the complexity and depth to improve from 2028 and beyond.