Pierfranco Bonaventura, the current owner of Cantina Porta Rossa, who bought the winery and the brand in 1995 when the production of Barolo started, using his ideas gained from years of experience in international leading companies. Cantina Porta Rossa is committed to producing quality wines. From the careful selection of the grapes, the production phases followed according to tradition, with particular attention to the refinement phase, strictly in large barrels, allows them to obtain the great red wines of Piedmont, with great structure and suitable for long aging.
Cantina Della Porta Rossa Srl has recently joined America Wines Awards 2020 and has received awards for the following products:
GOLD AWARDED PRODUCTS
BARBARESCO DOCG 1997 ROSSO
BAROLO DOCG 1996 ROSSO
BAROLO DOCG 1997 ROSSO
BAROLO DOCG 2008 ROSSO
BAROLO DOCG 2009 ROSSO
SILVER AWARDED PRODUCTS
BARBARESCO DOCG 1998 ROSSO
BAROLO DOCG 1999 ROSSO
BAROLO DOCG 2006 ROSSO
BAROLO DOCG 2007 ROSSO
Grape variety: Nebbiolo – Lampia and Michet varieties – Rosè.
Geographical location and soil and climatic conditions of the vineyards: grapes from historic vineyards located in the municipality of Barbaresco. The soils of these hills are made up of fairly consistent bluish limestone marls. These characteristics give the wine structure and potential longevity.
Vineyard altitude: 180 m. above sea level.
Exposure: at noon with the south-east tendency
Average yield per hectare: we ask our vintners for very low yields, with severe pruning to raise the final quality.
Vinification: in red with Thermo controlled fermentation, prolonged for about ten days to allow the extraction of colour and polyphenolic substances through repeated pumping over. After racking, the wine is placed in Slavonian oak barrels, where it matures and evolves, under continuous checks, its personality for at least a year.
Organoleptic qualities: Garnet red colour with ruby nuances, which fades towards orange with age.
A composite and ethereal bouquet with a beautiful presence of violet and dog rose.
Caressing and dry taste of gentle robustness. In the mouth, it reveals fabric, race and aristocracy.Minimum alcohol content: 13.5% vol.
Minimum total acidity: 5 per thousand.
Dry extract: 23 gr. per litre.
Gastronomic combinations: roasts, stews, braised meats, red meats of the great national and international cuisine, furred game and game.
Glass: Ballon, half-filled. Its shape allows the wine ample oxygenation, to release all its aromas. Better to pitch it before serving, offering it at room temperature of 17-18 °.
Grape variety: Nebbiolo – Lampia and Michet varieties – Rosè.
Grape variety: Nebbiolo – Lampia and Michet varieties – Rosè.
Geographical location and soil and climatic conditions of the vineyards: The fruit of the most authentic historical interpretation, the Barolo Della Porta Rossa comes from grapes from several historic vineyards located in Serralunga and Perno, in the municipality of Monforte. The grey and compact marls of the soils and the blue marls alternating with sand assemble their prerogatives of strength and structure in the wine, harmonizing them with elegance and perfume. In Roddi, in the Bricco Ambrogio vineyard, the homonymous Cru was born, vinified in selection.
Vineyard altitude: 300 m. above sea level.
Exposure: south-west.
Average yield per hectare: we ask our vintners for very low yields, with severe pruning to raise the final quality.
Vinification: in red. After 10 days of fermentation in temperature-controlled tanks, the extraction of the colour is obtained by repeated pumping over. After racking, the wine is placed in Slavonian oak barrels, where it matures and evolves, under continuous checks, its personality for at least two years.
Organoleptic qualities: Bright ruby colour, which fades towards orange with age.
Composite and ethereal perfume, with a beautiful presence of fruit and evolution towards spices.
Pleasantly dry and complete flavour. In the mouth, it flows austere and continuous, with vigour and aristocratic character.Minimum alcohol content: 13.5% vol.
Minimum total acidity: 5 per thousand.
Dry extract: 23 gr. per litre.
Gastronomic combinations: roasts, stews, braised meats, red meats of the great national and international cuisine, furred game and game. Furthermore, this wine honours the moments of friendship and hospitality, indulging meditation and spiritual concentration.
Glass: Ballon, half-filled. Its shape allows the wine ample oxygenation, to release all its aromas. Better to pitch it before serving, offering it at room temperature of 17-18 °.
Cantina Della Porta Rossa currently doesn’t export to America because they have never met interested people. One of the reasons they joined in America Wines Awards 2020 is to find distributors who really knows the quality of wine and who knows that this costs. They are not exporting yet, for now, they are selling to some friends but are looking for people interested in their products… They are not only producing Barolo, but you will also find other wines on their website by clicking here.
