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
- This Nebbiolo is fermented in stainless steel, temperature-controlled, automatic pumping-over, post-fermentation maceration for 30 days with submerged cap. Aged for 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.
Jeb Dunnuck
97 Points
2018
“Medium red brick-colored, the 2018 Barolo Docg Ravera Riserva Vigna Elena offers a sweet floral perfume of rose petals, potpourri, candied raspberries, sweet sage, and fresh rosemary. Medium-bodied, it has mouthwatering freshness and a more linear and focused feel, with highly refined tannins, mouthwatering acidity, a saline mineral undertone that floats through the palate, and a long finish.”
— Audrey Frick, 2024
