Dry and delicious, this has aromas of red berry, botanical herb, hay and bread dough. On the bright, savory palate, an extremely refined perlage accompanies pomegranate, white peach, saline and brioche.
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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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OCTOBER 2022
Enrico Serafino "Oudeis" Alta Langa DOCG Brut Rosé 2018
![]() Dry and delicious, this has aromas of red berry, botanical herb, hay and bread dough. On the bright, savory palate, an extremely refined perlage accompanies pomegranate, white peach, saline and brioche. 91
JUNE 2021
Enrico Serafino "Oudeis" Alta Langa DOCG Brut 2017
![]() A classic sparkling blend of 85% Pinot Nero and 15% Chardonnay, the 2017 Alta Langa Metodo Classico Oudeis Brut is tonic and clean with a brightly intense bouquet. The wine shows citrus, crushed stone or aspirin, with some dried sage and apricot on the close. This Alta Langa sparkler ages on the lees for 36 months and shows hints of baked bread or almond breakfast pastry. This wine makes a delightful preface to the heavier reds of Piedmont in Northern Italy. Production is an ample 80,000 bottles. 95
JUNE 2021
Enrico Serafino Zero 140 Alta Langa Brut DOCG Riserva 2008
![]() Aged on the lees for 140 months (said to be the longest lees-aged sparkling wine in Italy), the Enrico Serafino 2008 Alta Langa Metodo Classico Pas Dosé Riserva Zero 140 is a sparkling blend of 85% Pinot Nero and 15% Chardonnay. Fruit is from the cool, high-altitude growing sites and sedimentary marine soils of northern Piedmont. The front of this bottle has a little metal seashell embossed into the glass. This wine is round and soft, yet it also shows exceptional depth and elegance. The primary fruit is so intact and bright that the wine definitely appears younger than its real years. Layers of preserved lemon and sweet peach play off each other, adding freshness and fiber to these beautiful results. At the very end, you get a silky note of pure honey. This is a tiny production of just 950 precious bottles. 92
JUNE 2022
Enrico Serafino "Picotener" Langhe DOC 2018
![]() Until 2017, the grape called Picotener in the Val d’Aosta of northern Italy was thought to be one of many synonyms of Nebbiolo. That year a study by Giorgio Gambino, et al., was published in Scientific Reports from Nature Portfolio. Whole-genome sequencing was performed on three Nebbiolo clones from different geographical origins. The report stated, “for the first time it was possible to discriminate some ‘Nebbiolo’ clones from the others.” At the Enrico Serafino winery they had found that they have this grape in several vineyards. This wine is the result. Its color is dark ruby, with aromas and flavors of savory black cherries, raspberries with light notes of tar. It is bone dry and medium bodied with crisp acidity and chewy tannins. Enjoy it with a grilled steak or a mushroom ragout. 92
JANUARY 2021
Enrico Serafino "Oudeis" Alta Langa DOCG Brut 2016
![]() Made with 85% Pinot Nero and 15% Chardonnay, this has inviting aromas of bread dough, red berry, eucalyptus and baking spice. The aromas follow through to the focused palate, along with pomegranate, hazelnut and star anise set against a refined perlage. Vibrant acidity lifts the finish. 90
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. 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
MAY 2023
Enrico Serafino “Zero” Alta Langa DOCG Brut 2017
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