Cogno
Vigna Elena Ravera Barolo Riserva DOCG
Elena is the daughter of co-owners, Valter Fissore and Nadia Cogno. The vineyard for this wine was planted when Elena was born, and is dedicated to her, as is the wine. The label is a drawing of a small chicken that Elena made for her mother and father when she was just three years old. This label has been the symbol of the wine ever since its creation many years ago. This Barolo Riserva is produced only in great vintages.
Planted in 1991, this vineyard was baptized with the name of Nadia Cogno and Valter Fissore’s daughter, born in the same year. It was planted with a Nebbiolo clone called Rosé, a grape that gives its wines a brilliant garnet color and intense floral aromas. Vigna Elena is about one hectare inside the Ravera cru, and its soil is calcareous-clay with southeast exposure, at 380 m above sea level.
- Region
- Piedmont
- Appellation
- Barolo DOCG Riserva
- Sub-Appellation
- Ravera
- Varietal Composition
- Nebbiolo
- Aging
- 36 months in large Slavonian oak barrels and for 18 months in bottle.
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
Medium-bodied and impressively balanced, this wine has notes of rose petal, white pepper, balsam herb, dry flowers and a hint of sweet tobacco. The mouthfeel is refreshing and determined. It is a Barolo filled with absolute class, lifted by a subtle texture of gracious tannins.
Decanter
98 Points
2019
"Winemaker Valter Fissore explains that it gives a leaner body with greater tannins, requiring longer maturation. The 2019 emerges furtively yet hauntingly with rose, freesia and strawberry blossom. There are hints of brushwood and liquorice too. But really, it is the floral bouquet that takes hold, overflowing discreetly onto the pristine, raspberry saturated palate where long, smooth and silky tannins are intricately knit, giving well delineated borders. The definition of finesse."
— Michaela Morris, 2025
Jeb Dunnuck
96 Points
2019
"The 2019 Barolo Ravera Vigna Elena is all from the Rose clone, and the wine is fully destemmed before fermentation. A transparent red color, the nose is very nuanced, with aromas of cedar, incense, fresh flowers, rose water, anise, and candied red berries. Medium-bodied, it’s linear on the palate, with a spine of fresh acidity, refined tension in the tannins, and a gently tapering finish. It has a youthfully compact structure, with tense, gripping tannins and mouthwatering notes of dried earth on the finish, its smoky perfume lasting on the back-palate."
— Audrey Frick, 2025
