A crisp, fruity white with sliced-apple and white-peach character. Medium body and a stony, sliced-lemon aftertaste. Drink now.
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The story of the Enrico Serafino winery is the story of Roero, one of Piedmont’s key winegrowing areas. Roero faces the famous Langhe hills across the Tanaro River in the northeast part of Cuneo Province, and together with Monferrato to the east, Roero and Langhe are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site for their beauty and their winemaking traditions. Enrico Serafino is the oldest winery in the area, having been established by a gentleman of the same name in Canale d’Alba in 1878. The winery has now been in operation continuously in its original location for 140 years.
In typical Piemontese fashion, founder Enrico Serafino made a wide array of different wines, using grapes grown in areas that even then were known for their high quality, such as Barolo and Gavi. Under modern laws, the wines of a denomination must normally be made inside the specified winegrowing boundaries, but this was long before the first DOC laws were passed in Italy, and it was not unusual for wineries to bring in fruit from any number of neighboring communes. Due to its very long history of making Barolo in Canale, the Enrico Serafino winery is grandfathered as an exception to the requirement to vinify Barolo inside the limits of the Barolo DOCG. Today the winery owns 25 acres of Barolo vineyards in the renowned areas of Serralunga, Monforte d'Alba, and Castiglione Falletto and also makes traditional red wines of Barbera d'Alba and Nebbiolo d'Alba.
Less typically, Serafino in 1878 also began making metodo classico sparkling wines. At that time, sparkling wines as we know them today (wines that were clear of yeast sediment and didn't routinely explode) were a relative novelty. The process had really been mastered in Champagne only a couple of decades earlier, and the procedures and technology were just starting to be available outside Champagne. But sparkling Moscato was beginning to be made in Piedmont, and Serafino was a trailblazer for the nascent industry.
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LOCATIONWINERY: Canale (Cuneo province), Piedmont VINEYARD: Barolo, Langhe, Roero, Southern Piedmont VIEW IN GOOGLE MAPS REGION DETAILS |
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AUGUST 2020
Enrico Serafino "Grifo del Quartaro" Gavi di Gavi DOCG 2019
![]() A crisp, fruity white with sliced-apple and white-peach character. Medium body and a stony, sliced-lemon aftertaste. Drink now. 93
NOVEMBER 2021
Enrico Serafino "Monclivio" Barolo DOCG 2016
![]() Elegant and vibrant, with expressive aromas suggesting cherry, tamarind and tar, followed by flavors of red berry, rose and mineral. Ends with a lingering aftertaste. Best from 2023 through 2038. 94
OCTOBER 2023
Enrico Serafino Barolo Serralunga DOCG 2018
![]() This single-vineyard selection from the township of Serralunga d’Alba opens with attractive aromas of ripe berry and a potpourri of spice. On the palate, taut, fine-grained tannins accompany ripe red cherry, star anise and baking spice juicy before a rather grippy finish. A note recalling almond liqueur signals the close. Drink 2023–2033. 91
SEPTEMBER 2021
Enrico Serafino "Grifo del Quartaro" Gavi di Gavi DOCG 2020
![]() This savory white opens with enticing scents of white spring flowers, white almond, botanical herbs and a whiff of bread dough. Smoothly textured, the tangy palate offers ripe white peach, lemon drop candy and a hint of bitter almond before finishing on a saline mineral note. 92
JANUARY 2022
Enrico Serafino “Zero” Alta Langa DOCG Brut 2015
![]() Made entirely with Pinot Nero and no dosage, this has aromas of chamomile, bread crust and mature white stone fruit. Dry and linear, the palate offers yellow apple skin, medicinal herb and honey notes before a hazelnut finish. It's elegant, with a refined perlage. 90
JUNE 2021
Enrico Serafino "Grifo del Quartaro" Gavi di Gavi DOCG 2020
![]() With 50,000 bottles released, the Enrico Serafino 2020 Gavi del Comune di Gavi Grifo del Quartaro is a bright and luminous wine that shines with glossy intensity. The bouquet is redolent of citrus, blanched almond, peach and summer dried hay. The Cortese grape always shows a tight mineral note that gives focus to these fun and informal results (offered at a steal of a price). 91
AUGUST 2022
Enrico Serafino "Pajena" Barbera d’Alba DOC 2020
![]() An inviting nose of crushed red cherries, sweet herbs and violets. Medium-bodied with gentle tannins. Juicy on the palate, with the red fruit turning blacker towards the finish. Drink now. 95
AUGUST 2022
Enrico Serafino Zero 140 Alta Langa Brut DOCG Riserva 2009
![]() The 2009 Alta Langa Metodo Classico Pas Dosé Riserva Zero 140 (a blend of 85% Pinot Nero and 15% Chardonnay) is not quite full-bodied but almost, showing plenty of rich layering and texture. The number 140 in the sparkler's name refers to the number of months this special bottle ages on the lees. This is a real beauty with peach, orchard fruit, baked bread, toasted pine nut and hints of dusty mine |