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2021 Cigliuti Barbaresco Serraboella

Antonio Galloni's Vinous

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A powerful Barbaresco from one of the region's most famous vineyards. This new import from the renowned Cigliuti family was grown in their trademark Serraboella vineyard. Located in the hills above Nieve, and this site traditionally produces reds that are comparable in quality, density and depth to the very most renowned Crus in Barbaresco town itself (like the famously Barolo-like wines of Montestefano). Needing a little time but able to improve for decades, the legendary Cigliuti Serraboella is one of the new and true gems of our Piedmont range. Collect!

$140.00 in mixed 6+ or $160.00 per bottle

Overview

Grape

Nebbiolo

Its Origins

The Cigliuti family have been in the business for four generations, though it was not until 1964 that Renato Cigliuit, began bottling the wine to sell under their own name, around the time as other pioneers like Giacosa. Most of the vineyard and the winery is on the Serraboella hill, looking over Neive from the east, and it is the Barbaresco Serraboella which is the flagship wine of the estate. This hill, composed of calcareous marl and tufa soils, gives classic wines which combine the textural finesse of clay and the length and longevity of wines from limestone. Of their 8 hectares, 6 are used for vines and 2 for their continuing hazelnut business. The estate is now together with his daughters Claudia and Silvia. The Cigliutis are all organic and practise "lutte raisonee", using only copper sulphate in the vineyards. Work in the cellar is kept to a bare minimum and the wines are left to follow their own natural course. No select yeasts are used, only native. Fermentation is done in stainless steel at controlled temperatures and maturation takes place in Slovenian and French large barrels and barriques. The Barbera is a particularly beautiful wine, one of the best modern style examples of this grape you can find. The Barbaresco is aged in both large old oak barrels (60%) and new barriques (40%).

What The Critics Say

95/100 Vinous, Antonio Galloni

"Cigliuti's 2021 Barbarescos are fine follow-ups to the stellar 2020s. I find the younger wines a bit nervier than the 2020s, but both vintages are so strong. The 2021s were brought in from late September to early October, a pretty classic time frame by today's standards. As always, the wines are done with spontaneous fermentations and see 26 months in wood (relatively long for Barbaresco), 80% cask and 20% tonneau for the Serraboella. These wines are surely deserving of a broader audience. The 2021 Barbaresco Serraboella is elegant, deep and beautifully polished, its recent bottling notwithstanding. Dark-fleshed fruit, incense, new leather, licorice, mocha and a touch of small-oak sweetness all build with a bit of coaxing. Young tannins are a bit forbidding at this stage. Readers will have to be patient. There's gorgeous depth and intensity here. Drink 2025-2038"

96/100 Vinous, Antonio Galloni (2020 vintage)

"The 2020 Barbaresco Serraboella is another stellar wine in this range from Cigliuti. It offers a stunning mix of succulent dark fruit, rose petal, lavender, mocha and spice. The 2020 spent 26 months in oak, 70% cask and 30% tonneaux, the smaller barrels adding soft contours. Just bottled, the 2020 shows tons of potential. Blood orange, crushed red berry fruit, mint, spice, rose petal and a kick of sweet French oak linger."

96/100 Wine Enthusiast (2020 Vintage)

“A savory nose evokes a pine forest at summer’s end, where wild herbs and drying red currant contrast the warmed earth tones and root spices that waft out of the glass. Vibrant flavors of cherry, cola nut and an enticing medley of sweet and savory spices waltz across the palate, as if choreographed by an unseen hand. This Nebbiolo, an elegant yet stately figure, commands attention with its mere presence. Fine tannins and classic acidity promise a drinking window that starts now and could last decades, a timeless dance that will leave you enchanted. Cellar Selection."

Stats & Food Matching

Variety	Nebbiolo
Region	Piedmont
Closure	Cork
Volume	750ml
Maturity	2021 - 2040

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