97pts Wine Enthusiast

This wine expresses itself with aromas of wild cherries, tart red plums, dried violets and oolong tea leaves. The palate is elegant and almost dances across the mouth, leading with ripe red fruits that give way to savory flavors of fresh bay leaf, clove and balsam. Drink 2025–2040.

95pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Here's an exciting new submission from the house of Ratti. Serradenari is a large MGA and one of only a few cru sites that exist on the western slope under the village of La Morra. The 2019 Barolo Serradenari has a more botanical-smelling bouquet, and by that I mean that it has lavender bud, thyme, aniseed and the kinds of flowers and herbs that you might find in a fragrant garden. It is nuanced and delicate and framed by a light note of ash or crushed limestone. It finishes quite firm or edgy. Only 6,000 bottles were made.

94pts James Suckling

Very perfumed with orange peel, hibiscus, and sliced strawberry aromas that follow through to a full body with layers of tannins and a juicy and chewy finish. A little traditional but solid. Give it time. Try after 2027.

Winemaker Notes

Garnet red color. Fragrance with notes of plums, violet and tobacco. Full flavored with good tannin levels and acidity. A great wine for important dishes, red meats roasted on a spit or grilled, game, dishes of gourmet white and red meats and ripe cheeses.

2019 brings a new challenge: producing a Barolo in the highest part of La Morra, at almost 500 meters above sea level in a marvelous natural amphitheater with a view of the Piedmontese Alps. The MGA is called Serradenari, and our Cascina Sorello estate covers an area of approx. 4.5 Hectares with South/South-West exposure and vines varying in age between 20 and 40 years, on the typical land formation of La Morra. The optimal exposure to the sun and the greater altitude allow, in light of the climactic changes underway, for later grape harvesting compared to the vines of Annunziata. The wine has a greater “edge” than our other Barolos, while nonetheless maintaining the characteristics and typical traits of La Morra.

Blend : 100% Nebbiolo