#18 on James Suckling's Top 50 Barolo 2010
JAMES SUCKLING 95 POINTS - "The perfumes to this wine are amazing with blueberry, cherry and raspberry character. Full body, with chewy tannins and a long and flavorful finish. A juicy and rich wine. Better in 2017."
Andrea Bosco, along with his father (Agostino) and mother (Carla), represent the quintessential family run and operated Piemontese winery. Long recognized by European critics, especially Decantur, as a "rising star", Andrea's wine making skills continue to reach new heights and new accolades here in the US.
La Serra is located in the heart of the bowl that lies below the town of La Morra and like most wines of La Morra is known for producing lighter styles of Barolo. However, though one would not confuse Andrea’s wines with the powerful, tannic monsters of, say, Serra Lunga, they are not as light in style as many other wines produced from La Serra. Part of this might be attributable to fact that his vineyard encompasses the first rows above the more powerful cru of "Brunate." So while the label reads "La Serra", there is definitely a presence of "Brunate" in the wines.
In the past, Andrea has experimented using new small oak barrels not because he was interested in "chasing points" or creating a style of wine for a particular palate, but because he was interested in producing the best wine possible from his land. Beginning with the 2008 vintage, he, shall we say, "got it right." The wines no longer see any aging in small barrels, instead they spend 24 months in large, neutral oak barrels of 1,200 liters (Botte Grande). You won't find any oak on the nose or on the palate - just pure, unadulterated nebbiolo aromas of dried strawberries, white roses and tar.
JAMES SUCKLING 95 POINTS - "The perfumes to this wine are amazing with blueberry, cherry and raspberry character. Full body, with chewy tannins and a long and flavorful finish. A juicy and rich wine. Better in 2017."
Andrea Bosco, along with his father (Agostino) and mother (Carla), represent the quintessential family run and operated Piemontese winery. Long recognized by European critics, especially Decantur, as a "rising star", Andrea's wine making skills continue to reach new heights and new accolades here in the US.
La Serra is located in the heart of the bowl that lies below the town of La Morra and like most wines of La Morra is known for producing lighter styles of Barolo. However, though one would not confuse Andrea’s wines with the powerful, tannic monsters of, say, Serra Lunga, they are not as light in style as many other wines produced from La Serra. Part of this might be attributable to fact that his vineyard encompasses the first rows above the more powerful cru of "Brunate." So while the label reads "La Serra", there is definitely a presence of "Brunate" in the wines.
In the past, Andrea has experimented using new small oak barrels not because he was interested in "chasing points" or creating a style of wine for a particular palate, but because he was interested in producing the best wine possible from his land. Beginning with the 2008 vintage, he, shall we say, "got it right." The wines no longer see any aging in small barrels, instead they spend 24 months in large, neutral oak barrels of 1,200 liters (Botte Grande). You won't find any oak on the nose or on the palate - just pure, unadulterated nebbiolo aromas of dried strawberries, white roses and tar.