Pira Luigi - Barolo DOCG - Serralunga d'Alba - 2020

Luigi Pira, a centuries-old winery from Serralunga, produces a wonderful classic Barolo

The wine has a vibrant garnet red color with orange hues. In the nose the wine is complex with hints of berry jam, licorice, leather, hay, earth, spices. In the mouth the wine has a pleasant balance, fresh acidity and velvety tannins in the long lasting aftertaste.

The grapes come from the different Cru vineyards located in Serralunga, Margheria, Marenca, Rivetti and Sorano. The grapes for their Serralunga Barolo come from different vineyards all located in Serralunga with a total surface of 3 ha. The soil type is limestone with clay. The vineyards are located at an altitude of around 320 meters, with a southern to southwestern exposure. The vines were planted in different periods between the years 1959 and 1995.

The grapes are picked by hand at the end of September, beginning of October, after careful selection. Fermentation takes place in large, temperature-controlled steel vats, for a period of 18 to 20 days. The wine matures for a period of 24 months in large oak barrels of 25-30 HL. After this, the wine is bottled and refines for at least 10 months in the cellars of the estate.

About Luigi Pira:
Founder, namesake and father Luigi Pira, who passed away in 2021, had been growing grapes in and around Serralunga for decades. These were sold to the large wineries in and around Alba. In the early nineties of the last century, his son Gianpaolo took over the helm and changed the strategy of the company. Quality became his spearhead. Since the nineties, they have been making classic and high-quality Barolos, with character, under their own label. Luigi Pira has a total of 13 hectares of vineyards in Serralunga.