Cogno Barolo Ravera 2020

From the Nebbiolo vines in the municipality of Novello in the Langhe of Piedmont, an intense red wine is born. It is the Cogno Barolo Ravera, born from Elvio Cogno‘s enormous passion for winemaking, a passion that began within the family, who produced a small amount of wine for the restaurant they owned. Around the 1950s, realizing that catering wasn’t what he really wanted to do with his life, Cogno decided to indulge his interest in wine and make it a real profession, first through an affiliation with Mercarini, producing and marketing Barolo, and in the 1990s he founded his own company, making the new wine, Barolo Ravera, the flagship product that would make him one of the most prestigious Italian winemakers. The production process of Cogno Barolo Ravera begins with the calcareous soil of the Langhe and continues with a profound respect for tradition and the most natural winemaking possible, without any particular technologies or invasive methods. The vineyard is cultivated without alterations, and the bunches are carefully selected during the harvest, allowing only the finest to reach the cellar. The harvest is followed by pressing, a rather lengthy fermentation in stainless steel, a submerged-hair maceration for a month, and a period of aging in wooden barrels for approximately 24 months. The final stage of aging takes place in the bottle for at least 6 months. The result is an excellent wine, a symbol of the territory and its ancient winemaking tradition, as well as the commitment of a competent and dedicated grower.