Region: Barolo DOCG, Italy

Vintage: 2018

Composition: 100% Nebbiolo

History: The Cogno family has been making wine for four generations in Piedmonte. In 1990, Elvio Cogno left a long and fruitful association with the venerable producer of Barolo Marcarini in La Morra and purchased a splendid and historic 18th-century farmhouse atop Bricco Ravera, a hill near Novello in the Langhe area. The estate was surrounded by 11 hectares of steeply sloping vineyards. Elvio restored the hacienda, converted the old granaries into cellars and founded his own winery. For the next 20 years he devoted himself to the winemaking traditions passed down to him by his father and grandfather. Elvio has now passed the torch on to his daughter, Nadia, and her husband, Valter Fissore, who has worked alongside Elvio for 25 years. Following in the footsteps of the master Elvio, the Elvio Cogno winery continues to produce elegant wines without altering the traditions, styles and flavors of the Langhe, with its impressive landscape and unique grape varieties. Valter and Nadia cultivate native varieties – Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto and Nascetta – with organic vineyard practices, low yields per hectare and respect for the natural balance of the vine. Valter describes his wines as “precise and pure”, saying they are meant to evoke emotions to be remembered and a sense of place, born from this extraordinary site.

Ravera is the name of the cru where the vineyard is located. This vineyard surrounds the winery, it is essentially the hillside vineyard that surrounds the estate, the grand and classic cru of Novello.

Tasting Notes: “This captivating wine opens with heady aromas of rose, iris, scented berries, new leather, and camphor. Focused and full-bodied, the precise palate is luscious and firmly structured, with ripe red cherry, crushed raspberry, licorice and tobacco framed by tightly knit, fine-grained tannins. The fresh acidity keeps it beautifully balanced and gives it a youthful tension.” –Wine Enthusiast