A salmon-colored rosé that has aromas of sliced apples, strawberries, peaches and brioche. It’s creamy and lively with rounded bubbles and a delicious, balanced finish. 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 (Serralunga & La Morra), Langhe, Roero, Alta Langa VIEW IN GOOGLE MAPS REGION DETAILS |
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OCTOBER 2024
Enrico Serafino "Oudeis" Rosé de Saignée Alta Langa DOCG Brut 2020
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DECEMBER 2024
Enrico Serafino "Oudeis" Alta Langa DOCG Brut 2020
The 2020 Brut Alta Langa Oudeis opens in the glass with an herbal tinge that gives way to notes of crushed stone and yellow apples. It possesses an inner sweetness and creamy bead of bubbles contrasted by crisp mineral tones and tart orchard fruits. This displays a lovely balance, finishing fresh with hints of almond custard and zests of lime that fade slowly. 91
DECEMBER 2024
Enrico Serafino "Oudeis" Rosé de Saignée Alta Langa DOCG Brut 2020
Dusty and sweetly floral, the 2020 Brut Rosé de Saignée Alta Langa Oudeis opens in the glass with hints of spice, dried strawberry and clove. It washes across the palate with crystalline bubbles further enhanced by a wave of ripe white cherries and sweet inner florals. The 2020 tapers off with medium length and clean, leaving a gentle mineral tinge and sour citrus on the finish. 91
DECEMBER 2024
Enrico Serafino “Zero” Alta Langa Riserva DOCG Pas Dosé 2018
The 2018 Alta Langa Riserva Zero Pas Dosé opens slowly in the glass, a bit withdrawn at first, slowly evolving with hints of young peach, mint leaves and crushed stone. It washes across the palate with a sensation of liquid rocks, driven by an intense, zesty acidity as tart orchard fruits saturate the palate. Distinctly savory, the 2018 leaves a tinge of sour citrus and a salty flourish to linger through the long finale. 93
DECEMBER 2024
Enrico Serafino Zero 140 Alta Langa Riserva DOCG Pas Dosé 2010
The 2010 Alta Langa Riserva Zero 140 Pas Dosé is airy and fresh with a bouquet of white flowers, crushed almonds, incense and vanilla-laced peaches. It’s elegant in feel, with a silken wave of fine bubbles and ripe orchard fruits that swirl across a stream of brilliant acidity. The 2010 remains remarkably fresh despite its age, leaving hints of tropical citrus and sweet inner florals to linger over a saline mineral saturation. Wow. |